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To: vbmoneyspender; All

Should we have let them fail? Or is this a good thing? I am still using my ‘96, 4 cylinder Caravan. Averages 25 to 26 highway. Wish I could get one of those Sto and Go with a 4 cylinder, but they only make it in 6, DARN!!!


7 posted on 08/06/2010 10:02:10 PM PDT by gleeaikin (question authority)
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To: gleeaikin
Should we have let them fail?

The UAW was the reason GM and Chrysler were uncompetitive and yet the UAW, along with the Gov't, eneded up owning both companies.

So the short answer is HELL YES we should have let the fail.

9 posted on 08/06/2010 10:07:35 PM PDT by vbmoneyspender
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More accurately, they should have gone thru bankruptcy like a normal company where their assets would have been sold off to new owners who wouldn’t have had to deal with all of the UAW anti-competitive insanity. Instead, the Gov’t strong-armed the various parties in bankruptcy purely so that the UAW couldn’t benefit at the expense of everyone else.


11 posted on 08/06/2010 10:11:50 PM PDT by vbmoneyspender
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To: gleeaikin

sorry - meant to say - purely so the UAW could benefit


13 posted on 08/06/2010 10:13:35 PM PDT by vbmoneyspender
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To: gleeaikin

>> Should we have let them fail?

They might not have failed. No doubt the cost structure would have been adjusted.

The bailout was a union payoff. Make no mistake about it. It had nothing to do with saving what was once a reputable company.


18 posted on 08/06/2010 10:28:01 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Your Hope has been redistributed. Here's your Change.)
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To: gleeaikin

“Wish I could get one of those Sto and Go with a 4 cylinder, but they only make it in 6, DARN!!!”

Yeah! We’ve had 4-bangers with turbocharger (not Sto & Go) and that is SO IDEAL I don’t know why everyone doesn’t offer one. Economy until you need a boost! What a combo!


38 posted on 08/07/2010 5:14:42 AM PDT by RoadTest (Religion is a substitute for the relationship God wants with you.)
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To: gleeaikin

“Wish I could get one of those Sto and Go with a 4 cylinder, but they only make it in 6, DARN!!!”

Yeah! We’ve had 4-bangers with turbocharger (not Sto & Go) and that is SO IDEAL I don’t know why everyone doesn’t offer one. Economy until you need a boost! What a combo!


39 posted on 08/07/2010 5:16:13 AM PDT by RoadTest (Religion is a substitute for the relationship God wants with you.)
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To: gleeaikin

Should we have let them fail?

They did fail, don’t you remember billions of our tax dollars went to pay for the unions and the government stole billions more from bondholders to give to the unions? They are still failed...and will always be failed until the government and unions get out...does that answer your question?


43 posted on 08/07/2010 6:10:15 AM PDT by Wpin ("I Have Sworn Upon the Altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny...")
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