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Here’s a Plan : Nationalize General Motors
‘The United States government should buy 51% of the GM stock and put a green Board of Directors in place.’By Terry J. DuBose / The Rag Blog / December 8, 2008 See ‘Here’s a plan: Buy GM’ and ‘Nationalize GM’ … Continue reading
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Tagged Automobile Bailout, Automobile Industry, Economic Crisis, General Motors, Nationalization, Socialism
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Michael Moore : Saving the Big 3 for You and Me
‘Congress must save the industrial infrastructure that these companies control and the jobs they create. And it must save the world from the internal combustion engine.’By Michael Moore / December 3, 2008 I drive an American car. It’s a Chrysler. … Continue reading
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Tagged Automobile Bailout, Automobile Industry, Detroit, Economic Crisis, Economic Recovery, Michael Moore, Transportation
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Bailout : Idiots in Detroit Can’t Even Get an Electric Car Right
Electric Edsel? GM unveils the Volt.‘At this point, since the Democrats in Congress and the White House are congenitally incapable of imagining a state-owned or partially state-owned enterprise, it would be better to just let GM go under.’By Dave Lindorff … Continue reading
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Tagged Automobile Bailout, Automobile Industry, Detroit, Electric Cars, General Motors, Volt
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Detroit Bailout : We Can Save Capitalism But We Can’t Tell it to Behave
Streetcar in Portland: Detroit killed the streetcar system. Photo by Steven Nehl / The Oregonian.‘We need government to chain down capitalism and set up rules that force it to start using its innovative powers for the public benefit.’By Roger Baker … Continue reading
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Tagged Automobile Bailout, Automobile Industry, Capitalism, Detroit, Public Control
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Neil Young : How to Save a Major Automobile Company
‘We need visionary people now with business sense to create automobiles that do not contribute to global warming.’By Neil Young See ‘Neil Young’s car heads west’ by Chris Frank and Video, Below. Find a new ownership group. The culture must … Continue reading
Reaganomics Lives : Now About Bailing Out Detroit…
Reagan: Hey, it’s not all bad.‘The third path is to set standards for the kind of cars we need, backed by a government commitment to buy them on the fleet level and serious tax credits for ordinary folks who buy … Continue reading
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Tagged Automobile Industry, Congressional Bailout, Henry Paulson, Reaganomics, Treasury Dept., Wall Street
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