> What makes this a little weird is that Mrs. Pelosi and Mr. Reid are Washington. If they so desperately want a Detroit bailout they could always, you know, pass one. Instead, having punted the Detroit question in the past, and having failed to offload it on the Bush administration, Mrs. Pelosi is now stuck dealing with it in the middle of a lame-duck session that is tangled in Colombia trade politics. Detroit’s demands are meanwhile pressing in a postelection environment where Big Labor and greens are presenting their own bills for political services rendered. If you’re wondering why Mrs. Pelosi hasn’t yet decided what will happen when Congress returns, it’s because she hasn’t decided which group to annoy.
If Detroit Falls, Foreign Makers Could Be Buffer
New York Times | November 16, 2008 | Louis Uchitelle
Posted on 11/16/2008 8:30:28 PM PST by reaganaut1
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2133327/posts
> The big American companies employ about 240,000 workers, and their suppliers an additional 2.3 million, amounting to nearly 2 percent of the nation’s work force. The outright failure of General Motors would eliminate the biggest auto employer and more than 100,000 manufacturing jobs.
If they fail, let them
Milwaukee J-S | 16 nov 08
Posted on 11/16/2008 8:40:07 AM PST by rellimpank
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2133063/posts
> As harsh as it sounds, bankruptcy court may be the best option for the Detroit Three.
Automakers Need Bankruptcy, Not Bailout
The Heritage Foundation | November 15, 2008 | Andrew M. Grossman
Posted on 11/15/2008 6:15:10 PM PST by Delacon
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2132869/posts
Why We Shouldn’t Bail Out the Big 3 Auto-makers
The New York Post | November 16, 2008 | Eric Torbenson
Posted on 11/16/2008 11:06:12 AM PST by St. Louis Conservative
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2133123/posts
Big Three automakers hold off on asking Ontario for specific aid
(B3 asking Canada for bailout, too)
GuelphMercury.com | Nov 14, 2008 | Allison Jones
Posted on 11/16/2008 12:39:12 AM PST by fightinJAG
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2132963/posts
Auto Union Head Says Management, Union Not to Blame
for Industry’s Trouble (act of God?)
wall street journal | 11/15/2008 | Matthew Dolan
Posted on 11/15/2008 5:36:14 PM PST by tobyhill
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2132859/posts
Levin says car execs should resign for aid
[any word yet on the resignations of the lowest-rated Congress in history?]
United Press International, Inc. | Nov. 16, 2008 at 4:42 PM
Posted on 11/16/2008 2:00:08 PM PST by SSS Two
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2133193/posts