Corrina_Sullivan's Blog

They could take the money and shred it. Then use it for weed control in a flower bed and net better results then stealing from us through taxes to give to failing industries that choose to make really crappy business decisions.

If the people running this country had brains they would be dangerous. If the want to bailout anyone then they should sent a few thousand to everyone who pays taxes not to those corporations.

Wait a minute!!! I thought the evil Republicans were pro big business!!!!

I happen to work where a lot of people are union members. I remember before the election all the Union for Obama signs on the cars...but for the life of me, could not find a Chevrolet or Ford!!!!!

The thought of bailing out the auto industry and "a good idea" is just an oxy moron. If Speaker Palosi wants to personally bail out the auto industry along with her millionaire friends than have at it. But PLEASE don't pick on the people struggling to meet their financial responsibilities; Those of us that don't live above our means.

Bail out or not, we (our Govt. AND Consumers) MUST support our LARGEST Industry that employs 10s of 1000s of people all over the country (from rubber manufacturers, to glass makers, to all the 100s of parts companies, to their own HUGE group of employees). ONCE ==OUR== INDUSTRY IS GONE, IT ISN’T COMING BACK. e.g. Our once massive Electronics Industry. The Japanese didn’t keep ONE (1) of our manufacturing plants open here after buying the ruins. Are we so disloyal (or ignorant) that we’ll allow the Japanese to kill another of OUR industries???! It may not affect you directly (your job) but it affects the economy WE ALL LIVE IN directly – and we all know it hammers us all.

Their (OUR) unethical ruthless competitors, the Japanese, have been GREATLY subsidized by THEIR Govt. since they began, being paid to sell cars for less than they cost to make them here in order to STEAL market share, to greedy selfish American consumers who don't realize they are damaging their own economy and Standard of Living by supporting that of the Japanese instead. When pressured to play fair (during Reagan), THEY, the Japanese, even blamed the American consumer calling us, disloyal, and selfish, which spawned a study that showed Japanese consumers buy nearly all Japanese products vs. Americans who only bought a small percent American.

This is the main reason the Japanese have become so successful here: UNRELENTING GOVT. SUPPORT. Those old enough here should remember the JUNK they sold for decades that people here bought because it saved them a few $100-$1000 or so – they have no

Let the auto/housing bailout come from the same people who played a huge part in Obama's election--OPRAH, ELLEN, MSM, and the morons in Hollywood. They believe in spreading the wealth; let's spread their wealth.

Oprah and Ellen purchase a new American made auto for each citizen--what the heck, buy one for the illegals as well. Detroit is back in business; their employees spend money which is good for the economy. Then, the Hollywood morons and the MSM buy houses for everyone. The first people to receive these are the people at the bottom of the income ladder and illegals. WHY? Getting a new car/house will place them into a tax bracket where they will have to pay taxes. You keep this give away going until most of the bailout money has been repaid using this new tax money or Oprah, Ellen, Hollywood, MSM are broke.
Thus you have solved the housing/foreclosure problem, you have bailed out the auto industry, and repaid a huge portion of the $700 billion the idiots in Congress passed.
Oprah, Ellen, MSM and the Hollywood morons should be broke by now and may actually need to get a "real job".
That's my plan, and I'm sticking to it!

The bail outs should be loans and require new directions. Gas guzzlers should go. Fuel efficient personal vehicles only should be allowed. I hate to say it, but the high gasoline prices were good. It is the only thing that made some people get smarter.
If any gas price should go down, it should be diesel because it impacts all of the economy.
The last time fuel went up, auto industry was hurt, they still went back to producing gas pigs.
They aren't smart enough to make better choices.

JUSTSPEAKINGFACTS - Since you're here as well that qualifies you as one of the "SAPS". LOL

Actually, it's not a Bail-Out as in Free Money. GM and Ford are asking for lower interest govt. loans. It's not unprecedented. Our govt. can and has done this to protect our economy. If they don't, we'll have another dried-up Forever American industry that will NEVER return (like the electronics industry). Then we can look forward to living like the Europeans – in a permanent Recession with reduced work hours (“job sharing”) and the loss of opportunities to work hard and make something of ourselves. We’ll take whatever job is left and know that there’s nothing better available here.

My understanding is that the GM/Chrysler thing is not a buy-out but a merger. It's all rumor now, but probably a good thing.

I agree AM. It's ridiculous how much bolt-tighteners get paid / benefits at American auto companies – due to the Unions and the threat of strikes. Japanese workers would be fired for striking. And bolt-tighteners in Japan are treated well and respectfully, but realistically. Not like Royalty, but valued not-greatly-skilled or educated labor, and paid accordingly. They wouldn’t DREAM of being paid what ours demand, let alone STRIKING. I have 2 engineer friends who work for GM. One is an Industrial E., so she works around the bolt-tighteners and much of her work involves them, including financial analyses. She’s also familiar with Japanese and Korean systems (they tour our factories (mostly to copy GM’s innovations with Robotics, and she tours theirs, which she says are decades behind us). And as Japanese workers look to make higher wages, less are wanting to be bolt-tighteners. They don’t strike; instead they just go to school and move up. And the companies don’t pay them a fortune to keep them on the job. Instead, Japanese companies either use more Robotics, or they build the pieces in Vietnam & China (a LOT of that – a large % of many Japanese cars is manufactured there). The Japanese govt. doesn’t restrict that. In fact, they SUPPORT anything to help the company increase efficiency and profits so the industry will remain strong and grow. How can OUR American companies compete?

HERE’S HOW: I say that GM, Ford, and Chrysler should tell their bolt-tighteners that they will be paid the going GLOBAL rate. If Toyota pays Vietnamese pe