The battle over the bailout of some segments of the US auto industry has become increasingly defined in terms of class, with the head of the United Steelworkers union accusing Washington of bailing out "those who shower before work but not those who shower afterwards," a sound bite eagerly used by other populists such as Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown.
There may well be some truth to this, but the simplification hides the fact that the same type of players...
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