Event: A Non-GM Future for Pontiac?
Flint Journal: Pontiac not for sale, GM says, despite local dealership’s offer to buy.
I would be interested, next time I wanted to buy a car.
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Event: A hundred Wagoner loads of thoughts will not pay a single ounce of debt.
“Here’s the part I find odd. Now, the government didn’t ask any of those Wall Street C.E.O.s to quit. Isn’t that kind of a double standard? I mean, if you build Cadillacs, you’re screwed. But if your chauffeur drives a Cadillac, you’re O.K.
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Event: The Saturn Lasted for 19 Years.
New York Times: A Painful Departure for G.M. Brands.
My parents bought one of the first Saturns off the line in ’91, and it was a great little car. Not super comfortable, perhaps, and it rattled at high speeds, but great mileage and it felt versatile.
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EVENT: Thank You, President Bush.
Four words I’m not accustomed to saying.
New York Times: Bush Approves $17.4 Billion Auto Bailout.
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Event: Where Does $70/Hour Come From?
Save Auto Jobs: ‘Mathematically and intellectually dishonest’.
Anecdotal Conclusions:
Obviously my family didn’t enjoy this sort of income growing up; we were always comfortable and the fair income did provide me with some opportunities that nonunion employees wouldn’t have had, such as music and theater lessons and the opportunity to attend a prestigious (and expensive) private college.
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Event: Opinion – Senate Seats and Subsidies.
Detroit Free Press: Senate Seat for Sale.
Some quotes:
… Read the rest“They’ve been throwing taxpayer dollars at Toyota for years in Alabama and no one raises a stink about that” Hayes said. In fact, as Olbermann noted, Alabama alone has given more in tax subsides per job to foreign automakers than Detroit was asking for in the bailout plan to save jobs at American companies.
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Event: Two More Opinions.
My dad sent me this, from 17 years ago.
When I push (hard) for a loan to the Big Three, I’m not favoring a blank check; I’ve no desire to repeat the Wall Street bailout.
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