Because of decisions made by the task force, the letter says, 9,000 workers at Chrysler plants will lose their jobs and 789 Chyrsler dealers have been slated to shut down. Rep. Steven LaTourette (R-Ohio) who wrote the letter, said the GM bankruptcy could lead to 100,000 dealership-related jobs nationwide and the closing of 14 GM plants.
The president is being ill served by the auto task force. Theyre making decisions that I think are making a tough situation much worse, LaTourette told CNSNews.com. Now the president has off-loaded it and delegated it to this unelected and inexperienced at least as far as the car business is concerned automobile task force.
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For a bunch of folks who say they dont want to be in the day-to-day operation and dont want to manage the old Chrysler and the new Chrysler into bankruptcy, they sure seem to be doing that telling them how much they can spend on advertising, rejecting opportunities to avoid bankruptcy for both Chrysler and GM, he said.
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