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Obama weighing idea of "auto czar," aide says
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Posted on 11/13/2008 7:15:44 AM PST by Sub-Driver
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To: RichardW
Thank you....Now multiply it...x no of workers!! Nuf said!!
We're being blackmailed. Let GM etc. go away. Toyota will take it from there...And open more USA plants.
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posted on
11/13/2008 7:29:36 AM PST
by
Sacajaweau
(I'm planting corn...Have to feed my car...)
To: Sub-Driver
A second $25 billion would come later and could be applied to a United Auto Workers (UAW) retiree health care trustNFW
To: null and void
It wont be a very long wait.The US economy is already shy 2 quarts of oil.
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posted on
11/13/2008 7:30:57 AM PST
by
mlocher
(USA is a sovereign nation)
To: Sub-Driver
More useless programs... great...just great.
Instead of cutting, he is adding.
Now we are screwed.
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posted on
11/13/2008 7:36:55 AM PST
by
Porterville
(Senate Wackyland: 100 nuts and a squirrel)
To: Sub-Driver
If he really wants to help the US auto industry, he’ll allow the oil companies to drill locally. Enough of this foreign oil crap ... we have our own, let’s use it while continuing to develop alternative fuels.
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posted on
11/13/2008 7:37:05 AM PST
by
al_c
(Avoid the consequences of erudite vernacular utilized irrespective of necessity)
To: Sub-Driver
If he really wants to help the US auto industry, he’ll allow the oil companies to drill locally. Enough of this foreign oil crap ... we have our own, let’s use it while continuing to develop alternative fuels.
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posted on
11/13/2008 7:37:06 AM PST
by
al_c
(Avoid the consequences of erudite vernacular utilized irrespective of necessity)
To: mlocher
An auto czar, for the manufacturers of cars, is very bizarre. By far. Thank you, Dr Seuss.
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posted on
11/13/2008 7:37:41 AM PST
by
al_c
(Avoid the consequences of erudite vernacular utilized irrespective of necessity)
To: LottieDah
All these czars is this Russia?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Don’t be ridiculous! Czarist Russia had a leader who knew how to get something done!
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posted on
11/13/2008 7:37:56 AM PST
by
RipSawyer
(Great Grandpa was a Confederate soldier from the cradle of secession.)
To: technically right
"SOMEONE STILL HAS TO WANT TO BUY THE DAMN THINGS!!!"
Think Trabant. The government will produce one car and you will buy it whether you like it or not.
To: mlocher
“You can’t keep your heat at 72 degrees or drive wherever you want.”
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posted on
11/13/2008 7:38:51 AM PST
by
Sacajaweau
(I'm planting corn...Have to feed my car...)
To: al_c
Huh? Not sure how that double post go there. Apologies.
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posted on
11/13/2008 7:39:16 AM PST
by
al_c
(Avoid the consequences of erudite vernacular utilized irrespective of necessity)
To: al_c; BRL
Thank you, Dr Seuss. That is one of the nicer things that people call me!
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posted on
11/13/2008 7:39:26 AM PST
by
mlocher
(USA is a sovereign nation)
To: mlocher
Well it was meant as a compliment. Nice post.
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posted on
11/13/2008 7:39:55 AM PST
by
al_c
(Avoid the consequences of erudite vernacular utilized irrespective of necessity)
To: Sacajaweau
Take your rice rockets and stuff them!
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posted on
11/13/2008 7:40:43 AM PST
by
dalereed
To: al_c
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posted on
11/13/2008 7:40:54 AM PST
by
mlocher
(USA is a sovereign nation)
To: Sacajaweau
You cant keep your heat at 72 degrees or drive wherever you want.I know... I keep mine at 74.
To: Xenophon450
You might not be all that far off. I don’t know how many vehicles the federal government buys in a year but I would wager it’s not an insignificant amount. It’s entirely plausible the Obama could mandate that the federal government purchase vehicles only from Ford, Chrysler and GM.
And I would guess that the price would be fixed as well to ensure that a tidy profit was turned by the companies, meaning yet another taxpayer subsidy.
You know what we’re talking about here is in reality the real definition of Fascism. Lots of folks throw the term around to include totalitarian forms of government in general but Fascism really is the operation of privately held corporations by the government.
I never thought I would see anything like this in my life but my guess is there’s going to be a lot of things I wouldn’t have believed could happen before this is all over with.
To: Sub-Driver
An auto czar in charge of The Big One, or Half a One, or Quarter of a One or Anything Our Economy Can Afford One. Maybe he can oversee the production of the Civilian Assault Vehicle (CVA) for use by the Civil Defense Squads.
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posted on
11/13/2008 7:45:20 AM PST
by
Dixie Yooper
(Ephesians 6:11)
To: dalereed
Not what I REALLY meant...Either GM has to change or it will fall to Toyota...
Kodak stayed on it's old path until they lost the film business...and came into the digital camera business many years TOO LATE.
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posted on
11/13/2008 7:46:03 AM PST
by
Sacajaweau
(I'm planting corn...Have to feed my car...)
To: silverleaf
"people can't be ordered to buy them"
That's right. BUT, with people like AlGore being vetted for "enviromental czar" they can outlaw internal combustion engines, and we'll be forced to buy them or ride the bus. I don't support that, I'm just sayin'.
They'll confiscate our cars just as soon as they finish confiscating the guns...in that order.
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posted on
11/13/2008 7:48:13 AM PST
by
FrankR
(Operation Tightbelt...he can't redistribute what isn't there...stop all un-necessary spending.)
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