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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 09:14 PM Original message |
remember: 14 million U.S. jobs are tied to the auto industry. |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. How many retired autoworkers are out there living on auto industry pensions? |
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az chela (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 09:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. The retired workers worked hard for those pensions and |
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az chela (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
2. If the auto industry goes down that it the end of this country |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
3. so, just pay people to sit around. If they aren't producing anything worth buying |
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az chela (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 09:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. they need to get rid of those high paid ceo's and get the |
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monktonman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 09:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. so thats it huh |
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4 t 4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 09:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Even if they bail them out |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 10:45 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. I'm not saying you don't work. I'm saying, people aren't buying. |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 09:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. I certainly wouldn't defend the terribly managed industry. |
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sjdnb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
8. The really tragic part is that most Americans don't realize |
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ngant17 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
10. Consider 1 out of 4 or 5 jobs in this economy |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
11. How many horse drivers were there before automobiles? |
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2Design (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
12. this makes much more sense than the banks and wall street funds that they are giving away n/t |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
13. and how many jobs were tied to the steel industry |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 10:10 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. and it hurt us a lot, and some areas are still reeling from it economically. |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
14. Something I never hear during the discussions on the auto industry ... |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:47 AM Response to Original message |
17. what about the furniture industry? what about the textile industry? |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
18. I don't like the auto industry bailout. |
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suston96 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:54 AM Response to Original message |
19. Not to mention the effect of all those lost jobs on Social Security finances etc. ......nt |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:55 AM Response to Original message |
20. Why don't they give us all the money and we'll buy cars? |
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