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path12 · 04-22-2009, 06:14 PM

I don't know the ramifications well enough, but my understanding is that once those small machine plants shut down it's very difficult to get them up and running again.

And believe me, I'm not a fan of what the Big Three have done over the years or the bailout, but man, how many other tangible things do we produce anymore?

I just find it interesting that the outcry for the auto bailouts was so much greater than the ones for the banks -- which were exponentially larger. It seems to me that far more real jobs hinge on the auto industry than the banking industry.

04-22-2009, 06:14 PM	#7
path12 Coordinator Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Seattle, WA	I don't know the ramifications well enough, but my understanding is that once those small machine plants shut down it's very difficult to get them up and running again. And believe me, I'm not a fan of what the Big Three have done over the years or the bailout, but man, how many other tangible things do we produce anymore? I just find it interesting that the outcry for the auto bailouts was so much greater than the ones for the banks -- which were exponentially larger. It seems to me that far more real jobs hinge on the auto industry than the banking industry. __________________ We have always been at war with Eastasia. Last edited by path12 : 04-22-2009 at 06:16 PM.