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Do Unions Help or Hurt?

May 4, 2009 By demolisher

Or was it other factors?  Were unions a neutral presence?  Or do I have it backwards, did the unions help the auto industry survive where it would have failed earlier?   It is hard to have any discussion at all about what is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: auto-industry, national, unions

Romney might be right. (AAAAGGGHHH!!! It burns!! It burns!!)

November 19, 2008 By David

Much as it pains me to say it, Mitt Romney's op-ed in today's NY Times is not only a deft political move (drawing on his childhood in Detroit and his father's success in the auto industry as well as his own business turnaround experience), … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: auto-industry, bailout, cars, detroit, romney

What Detroit’s own newspapers have to say about bailing out the big three, with links.

November 17, 2008 By AmberPaw

Here are some good articles to start with: "Could Bankruptcy Judges save Detroit - or your house?" http://www.freep.com/article/2... "Shared Sacrifice is the way to sell auto bailout" http://m.freep.com/news.jsp?ke... "Further Give Backs … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: auto-industry, bailout, big-three, detroit, manufacturing, oligarch, plutocracy, uaw, unions

Green the auto bailout

November 9, 2008 By Charley on the MTA

UPDATE: Looks like pretty much everyone else has had the same thought. Well, this time it's the auto industry with hat in hand, asking for a gov't bailout. And Dems are inclined to give it to them. Automakers already want an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: auto-industry, bailout, cars, economy, energy, environment, global-warming, green-energy

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