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Old 11-14-08, 12:59   #74 (permalink)
Mr. Clean
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Re: Should the government bail-out include domestic automakers?

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...I've been out of work for fourteen months, barely getting an interview every six weeks. I may be assuming here, but I think you'd be a bit bitter as well...
LenA, you've made a huge mistake in ASSUMING, that I have not been in your shoes. And I can tell you that we are not alone. Men in our demographic seem to encounter these circumstances with some regularity.

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...and there is no Chicken Little here. What I say is based as much on a quarter of a century of direct industry experience. Is what you posted based on exact experience or is it an opinion, based on something else less tangible?
And those 25 years of industry experience have lead to to be able to state that...
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I guarantee that if any of the Detroit 3 file bankruptcy, it's game over for auto manufacturing of any kind in North America...
Sorry LenA, but my bet is it was just an apple falling from the tree...

I still say let Chrysler go if they can't make it on their own. We've bailed them out once and they are back again. What part about operating a business for profit didn't they understand?
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