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To: Road Walker who wrote (441580)	12/20/2008 11:02:37 AM
From: i-node	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1574326

>> It might, in the end, actually pay for itself. Unless the UAW is broken they won't be paying ANYONE back ANYTHING.

To: Road Walker who wrote (441580)	12/20/2008 11:10:40 AM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574326

dream on, unless the union gets out of the way the big 3 will never make money. Get rid of the CAFE standards also

To: Road Walker who wrote (441580)	12/20/2008 12:03:55 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574326

I think what the government needs to do if it really wants to give Detroit a chance (not necessarily SAVE Detroit) is to remove the retired worker liabilities from Detroit's shoulders. Part of it could be universal health care, but the government also needs to assume the pension obligations - which they'd do anyway if Detroit fails. The pensioners should agree to reduced benefits as well. That would put Detroit on an equal footing with the foreigners. Whether they could succeed from there would be up to them.

To: Road Walker who wrote (441580)	12/20/2008 3:04:01 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1574326

Wrong, as per usual for a pompous clown with his head up his partisan ass. Well said! The final bailout for Detroit should include a 'forgiveness of federal debt' on every very high mileage car they sell, and a federal 'consumer rebate' for each domestic very high mileage car they sell. Push-pull marketing to raise the fleet MPG average... save the car companies and put extra stimulus $'s in peoples pockets that would normally be going up in gasoline fumes. Plus it would sock it to the oil exporting countries in the ME and Venezuela and Russia as well as reducing the trade deficit. I think the only way we're going to end this mess is to tax the hell out of gas. Americans have short memories and already they are drooling over the new F-150 truck: