Comments on: Pelosi, Reid and Emanuel Push for Carmaker Bailout http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/11/10/pelosi-reid-and-emanuel-push-for-carmaker-bailout/ Covering Los Angeles's livable streets movement Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:23:58 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Erik http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/11/10/pelosi-reid-and-emanuel-push-for-carmaker-bailout/comment-page-1/#comment-2965 Erik Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:22:09 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=1363#comment-2965 If congress is going to bail out GM, Ford and Chrysler then all of the lawsuits about mileage standards have to stop. As far as I can tell all three of these auto makers (but especially GM and Chrysler) are in this sinking ship because they have no capacity to anticipate or react in enough time to make their new cars interesting to the public that can buy new cars (BTW, I just bought a new car - got a Honda - suck it Detroit!) If congress is going to bail out GM, Ford and Chrysler then all of the lawsuits about mileage standards have to stop.

As far as I can tell all three of these auto makers (but especially GM and Chrysler) are in this sinking ship because they have no capacity to anticipate or react in enough time to make their new cars interesting to the public that can buy new cars (BTW, I just bought a new car - got a Honda - suck it Detroit!)

]]> By: Rich http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/11/10/pelosi-reid-and-emanuel-push-for-carmaker-bailout/comment-page-1/#comment-2963 Rich Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:20:16 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=1363#comment-2963 Here is yet another reason to support American workers with your purchases. When your money goes overseas (and yes it goes overseas with transplant factories) then you are hurting the American economy and hurting yourselves. Please buy American products and support American workers. It is good for all of America as now you can see. If everyone had purchased cars from GM and Ford then you wouldn't be standing here knowing the American economy would collapse without these millions of American jobs and needing to spend American tax dollars to help save them. Maybe we need to help each other in the first place. These American jobs create cash that is spent to help everyone's income. We are on this ship together. Lets bail it out and work together to keep our economy afloat by buying American. Here is yet another reason to support American workers with your purchases.
When your money goes overseas (and yes it goes overseas with transplant factories) then you are hurting the American economy and hurting yourselves.
Please buy American products and support American workers. It is good for all of America as now you can see. If everyone had purchased cars from GM and Ford then you wouldn't be standing here knowing the American economy would collapse without these millions of American jobs and needing to spend American tax dollars to help save them. Maybe we need to help each other in the first place. These American jobs create cash that is spent to help everyone's income. We are on this ship together. Lets bail it out and work together to keep our economy afloat by buying American.

]]> By: Steve K. http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/11/10/pelosi-reid-and-emanuel-push-for-carmaker-bailout/comment-page-1/#comment-2962 Steve K. Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:09:56 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=1363#comment-2962 It seems as though we have been bailing out U.S auto manufacturers for years (decades?). If they do it again, there should definitely be some stiff requirements. Maybe a 100% renewable energy line of vehicles? I mean, if they (and I mean we) give them the money, what's wrong with dictating the terms? It seems as though we have been bailing out U.S auto manufacturers for years (decades?). If they do it again, there should definitely be some stiff requirements. Maybe a 100% renewable energy line of vehicles? I mean, if they (and I mean we) give them the money, what's wrong with dictating the terms?

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