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To: Don Hurst who wrote (438125)	12/4/2008 1:07:37 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574004

We get it Don. You want us to: a) Spend a lot less on defense. b) Adopt a Euro-style socialism. c) Do what other countries do for their domestic corporations (Brazil, Japan, Korea, France, Germany) and help bailout ours. Did I get that right? Tenchusatsu

To: Don Hurst who wrote (438125)	12/4/2008 1:28:32 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1574004

With all that the German government seems to think their auto industry is too important too fail...can you imagine??? But then the Germans do not practice our brand of socialism...dumping $800 Bn each and every year now into a deeper and deeper hole that we call "defense" that does a "great?" job of destroying and killing humans. Its amazing how short sighted they are and how their ideology rules no matter what the situation is. Eight years of this type of governance has nearly destroyed the country.......and the best they can do is repeat their tired mantra.

To: Don Hurst who wrote (438125)	12/4/2008 2:01:59 PM
From: michael97123	2 Recommendations Respond to of 1574004

We are all missing the car point. Euros went out with their unionized staff and built great cars that somehow are positioned as worth more than their japanese counterparts. I dont buy that but the market says i am wrong. US mfrs created cars that have $2k per car built in costs but have to undersell japanese in the mass market. Intersting.

To: Don Hurst who wrote (438125)	12/4/2008 5:59:25 PM
From: Joe NYC	Respond to of 1574004

Don, I will leave the Google efforts to verify this information to Jozef Halada who gets his expertise there. He also says he owns a car and therefore he is no doubt an "expert" on the Auto Industry. First, I don't own a car. Second, I am not against government assistance in principle. I am against giving Big 3 a penny, unless there is a wholesale restructuring. And if the Big 3 can be freed of the albatross of the union contracts, the government should, IMO, take an equity stake instead of extending a loan. Joe