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To: Bearcatbob who wrote (280607)	11/14/2008 6:37:52 PM
From: goldworldnet	3 Recommendations Respond to of 794026

The nature of business is to make money or at the very minimum to at least break even while providing employment. If you're losing money on a continuing basis, you have a bad business model. I can sympathize with anyone in financial distress, but businesses go under every year. Obama likes to talk about fairness, but I don't see the fairness in some getting bailed out while others are not and the public footing the bill for whoever has the best lobbyists in Washington. * * *

To: Bearcatbob who wrote (280607)	11/14/2008 11:10:15 PM
From: KLP	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794026

I know that Bob...but still, the country can not bail everyone out.... The car manufacturers have been in trouble for years ...mostly because of the union demands and not paying attention to how much it was costing for those demands.... There is no easy answer...but once a company is bankrupt, it can re-group, re-hire good employees, and use the same vendors as well as same machinery. I really grew to hate unions...both my parents had to join one if they wanted to work in Seattle....My dad sold cars, and had to go out on strike when the Machinists did....it was a Disastrous year, and so were the next two trying to catch up....they never did.