David J. Williams » ford http://autumnrain2110.com/blog Autumn Rain 2110 Wed, 05 May 2021 07:38:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 The auto bailout http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/2008/11/24/the-auto-bailout/ http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/2008/11/24/the-auto-bailout/#comments Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:00:21 +0000 http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/?p=634 Letting the Big Three go bankrupt would crater what’s left of the economy and reduce the midwest to a sea of rusted iron. Allowing them to continue to make cars is insane. Injunctions to retool the whole output to making green cars are going to lead to an awful lot of eco-friendly hybrids sitting around looking idle. No one’s got the money to buy anything anymore.

Except, of course, the government.  So . . just as the automakers retooled during wartime to produce tanks and munitions, now they should be retooled to produce Shit We Actually Need, like high-speed rail infrastructure, shitloads of windmills, clean mass transit, etc.  I’d also like to see Rick Wagoner run over by an SUV on pay-per-view TV, but you and I both know he’ll get a big bonus to fuck off instead. As long as he keeps the hell away from Detroit, that’s okay with me.

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