tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973827.post2474632056154734524..comments2024-01-11T07:40:01.736-05:00Comments on The Stopped Clock: The Infuriating U.S. Auto IndustryAaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16523334580402022332noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973827.post-31364755716545530412008-11-14T15:56:00.000-05:002008-11-14T15:56:00.000-05:00Not to quibble, but I didn't actually suggest that...Not to quibble, but I didn't actually suggest that it would be unfair not to bail out the auto industry given the financial industry bailout. The most fair result would probably be to let all of these institutions and companies fail. The real question, I think, is does it cost us less to keep that from happening or to pick up the pieces after it happens.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16523334580402022332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973827.post-46646384363017581372008-11-14T09:02:00.000-05:002008-11-14T09:02:00.000-05:00As much as I hate to see Michigan driven even deep...As much as I hate to see Michigan driven even deeper into recession/depression than it is now, absent something a "lot" more focused and pragmatic than the recent "bail out plan" for banks and other financial institutions with lots of lobbying dollars, I can't see writing a check to the big 3. <BR/><BR/>I concur that it is unfair to support the one and not the other based on the rationale most are using, but I think one is a disaster and the other one will be . . . and I've pretty much always been opposed to the idea that we have to do something stupid and wasteful again just because it wouldn't be "fair" not to do so . . . <BR/><BR/>CWDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com