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Detroit Bailout

How to Create a Successful Auto Manufacturer Bailout Plan

Grant Cardone | Posted 12.22.2008 | Business

Read More: Auto Industry, Big Three Automakers, United Auto Workers, Detroit Bailout, Ford, Detroit Three, Automakers, Bailout, Cars, Detroit Automakers, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Gm, Automaker Bailout, Chysler, The Big 3, Detroit, Business News
Grant Cardone

I was recently asked to participate on a forum with the LA Business Journal whereby six CEO's weigh in with their opinions of the Government Bail Out of the Automotive Companies.

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Do It For Me, Matchbox Man

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 12.22.2008 | Business

Read More: Gm, Alan Mulally, Rep Emanuel Cleaver, United Auto Workers, Rick Wagoner, Ford, Aston Martin AMV10, Ducati Motorbike, Sen. Bob Corker, Chrysler, Robert Nardelli, Michigan, Lamborghini, Ron Gettelfinger, Ford Mustang, Mini, Financial Crisis, Porche 911, Sen. Chris Dodd, Uaw, Detroit, Indiana, Big Three, Jet, Ceos, Fighter Jet, Nascar, Detroit Bailout, Automakers, Bailout, Automaker Bailout, The Big 3, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Big Three Automakers, Detroit Three, Cars, Detroit Automakers, Chysler, Auto Industry, Business News
Logan Nakyanzi Pollard

From the fireworks in DC this week, you might think the auto crisis is out of your hands, but we're all complicit: government, CEOs, autoworkers, the public.

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The Hits Just Keep Coming

Lance Simmens | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, Congress, Big Three Automakers, United Auto Workers, Detroit Bailout, Ford, Detroit Three, Automakers, Bailout, 2008 Election, Cars, Detroit Automakers, 2000 Election, Detroit Bailout Reaction, George W. Bush, Gm, Automaker Bailout, Chysler, The Big 3, Auto Industry, Detroit, Politics News
Lance Simmens

We have been rudderless for some time, and it shows. The call to public service is now more urgent than at any time in our nation's history.

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Will We Let Detroit Go and the Recession Deepen Out of Disgust Over Financial Bailout?

David Paul | Posted 12.22.2008 | Business

Read More: Automakers, U.S. Economy, Creative Destruction, Wall Street Bailout, Joseph Schumpeter, Bailout, Detroit Three, Banks, Financial Crisis, Henry Paulson, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Big Three Automakers, Etroit, United Auto Workers, Detroit Bailout, Ford, Detroit Automakers, Cars, Gm, Chysler, Automaker Bailout, The Big 3, Auto Industry, Business News
David Paul

We have watched one bailout unfold, and we have not been impressed. We heeded the Wise Men, and now we feel violated. But how do we now hold failing auto companies to a higher standard?

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Apparently, It's the Government's Fault Detroit Is Bankrupt

Andrew Winston | Posted 12.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Gm, Japanese Auto Sales, Rick Wagoner, Ford, US Auto Sales Rate, Jim Collins, Toyota, Honda, Wall Street Journal, CAFE Standards, Chrysler, Nissan, Auto Sales, Good to Great, Detroit Bailout, Suburu, Barack Obama, Business News
Andrew Winston

We're seeing an amazing act of willful ignorance here. The predicament that Detroit has found itself in is an American business tragedy. Let's not make it worse by lying to ourselves.

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Automaker Bailout -- Heads They Win, Tails We Lose

Pam Atherton | Posted 12.21.2008 | Home

Read More: Big Three, Richard Wagoner, Automaker Bailout, Bailout, Economy, Foreign Automakers, Bancruptcy, Hudson Institute, Mitt Romney, Dr. Herb London, American Automakers, Chrysler, Automakers Bailout, United Auto Workers, Detroit Three, Gm, Ford, Detroit Automakers, Detroit, Auto Industry, Detroit Bailout, Home News
Pam Atherton

Frankly, I'm tired of all these big businesses putting their hands out and trying to scare us into giving them money by threatening us with an economic disaster.

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Romney's Idiotic Plan for Detroit

Toby Barlow | Posted 12.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Automakers, Automaker Bailout, Big Three Automakers, Bailout, Economy, Mitt Romney, Big Three, Auto Industry, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Detroit Bailout, Business News
Toby Barlow

Let's not be coy about the real agenda here. Republicans like Mitt Romney see this as an opportunity to wage war against the UAW.

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What to do with Detroit?

Dave Winer | Posted 12.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Automaker Bailout, Bankruptcy, Chrysler, Economy, Gm, Ford, Frontline, Automakers, Bailout, Detroit, Big Three, Financial Crisis, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Auto Industry, Detroit Bailout, Corporate Jets, Business News
Dave Winer

We're giving Detroit money we don't have to feed and house their employees and bail out their suppliers. We're doing it to save our country, not to save the auto industry as it's currently configured.

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Dingell to the Junk Yard: Henry Waxman Deposes John Dingell on House Energy Committee

Pete Cenedella | Posted 12.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Congressional Democrats, John Dingell, Auto Industry Bailout, Henry Waxman, Obama Agenda, Climate Change, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Detroit Bailout, Politics News
Pete Cenedella

Bye bye MIchigan, hello California: The House Democrats have finally cleared some old spare parts out of the way in anticipation of President Obama's agenda.

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Detroit, the Last Stand of Middle America

Stephen Herrington | Posted 12.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Automaker Bailout, Economy, Fuel Efficiency, Financial Crisis, Subsidies, Labor Unions, Energy Policy, Detroit Bailout, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Business News
Stephen Herrington

The question is not and never has been whether we should subsidize automakers for making the same fuel inefficient products, it is how to change what they make in the middle of an economic catastrophe.

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Bail Out Detroit -- Right Now!

Matthew DeBord | Posted 12.21.2008 | Green

Read More: Chrysler, General Motors, Bailout, Sustainable Mobility, Ford, Detroit, Uaw, Automaker Bailout, Greening the Economy, Big Three Automakers, The Big Three, Gm, United Auto Workers, Detroit Three, Cars, Sustainable Energy, Automakers, Detroit Automakers, Green Cars, Sustainable Cars, Auto Industry, Detroit Bailout, Green News
Matthew DeBord

We could let Detroit fail and throw money at the many future-car startups that are currently out there, but that won't provide enough product to market to deliver the improvements we require.

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Detroit Bailout -- Let ExxonMobil Foot the Bill

Laurie David | Posted 12.21.2008 | Green

Read More: Automakers, Automaker Bailout, John Dingell Henry Waxman, Exxon Mobil, Financial Crisis, Detroit Bailout, Auto Industry, Green News
Laurie David

Listening to the auto execs this week, you'd think it would have offered a humble moment for them to come clean on their mistakes. But no, they continue to deny any responsibility for the mess they are in.

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Will Henry Paulson Sink Detroit?

Dean Baker | Posted 12.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Henry Paulson, Wall Street Bailout, Auto Industry Bailout, Unions, Economy, Detroit Bailout, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Business News
Dean Baker

Mr. Paulson now stands to gain lasting notoriety as the person who destroyed the domestic U.S. auto industry, and the economies of the Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana along with them.

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So You Want A Big Electric Car?

Neil Young | Posted 12.20.2008 | Green

Read More: Neil Young Car, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Electric Cars, Cars, Neil Young, Neil Young Electric Cars, Green Living, Detroit Bailout, Green News
Neil Young

As people discover the many advantages of electric vehicles, their momentum will build. Not only are these cars green and responsible, they also enhance National Security.

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Planes, Pains And Automobiles

Dwayne Raymond | Posted 12.20.2008 | Business

Read More: Detroit Automakers, Politics, Bankruptcy, America, Dignity, Mitt Romney, Financial Crisis, Bailout Plan, Big Three Automakers, United Auto Workers, Detroit Bailout, Ford, Detroit Three, Automakers, Bailout, Cars, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Gm, Chysler, Automaker Bailout, The Big 3, Auto Industry, Detroit, Business News
Dwayne Raymond

These overpaid, egomaniacal "players" should heed Romney's counsel and start playing sensibly, like honorable men. And their first ante in this new game should be their own prompt resignation.

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Congress Scraps a Good Car with Bad Steering

Dan Treul | Posted 12.20.2008 | Business

Read More: Auto Industry, Auto Bailout, Congress, Uaw, Chrysler, Bailout, Economic Crisis, Economy, American Auto Industry, Big Three, Bachus, Gm, Auto Industry Bailout, Ford, American Automakers, Big Three Automakers, United Auto Workers, Detroit Bailout, Detroit Three, Automakers, Detroit Automakers, Cars, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Chysler, Automaker Bailout, The Big 3, Detroit, Business News
Dan Treul

No one - this Michigan resident included - is out to defend recent management of Ford, GM and Chrysler as "efficient." It doesn't take an industry analyst to determine the status quo broken.

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Don't Attach the Wrong Strings to the Auto Bailout

Harry Moroz | Posted 12.20.2008 | Business

Read More: Economic Stimulus Package, House, Taxes, Detroit, Harry Reid, Barabara Mikulski, Cars, Congress, Senate, Auto Bailout, Detroit Automakers, Auto Industry Bailout, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Detroit Bailout, Business News
Harry Moroz

A tax cut for new cars would encourage Americans to rack up more debt and buy the same gas guzzling cars without assisting the failing economy in a significant way.

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The Case for Bailing out the Big Three

Brian Ross | Posted 12.20.2008 | Business

Read More: Cars, Toyota, Big Three Automakers, Chrysler, Gm, General Motors, Ford, United Auto Workers, Detroit Bailout, Detroit Three, Automakers, Bailout, Detroit Automakers, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Chysler, Automaker Bailout, The Big 3, Auto Industry, Detroit, Oregon, Business News
Brian Ross

Apparently there is one thing that liberal and neo-con think-tanks can agree upon: Let Ford, General Motors, and Chrylser fail.

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Obama Team Primed for a "Green Stimulus" to the Economy

Nathan Gardels | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Obama Energy Policy, Big Three Automakers, Obama Green, Obama Energy Plan, Big Three, The Big 3, Green Stimulus, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Detroit Bailout, Politics News
Nathan Gardels

I spoke with Laura D'Andrea Tyson, a top economic adviser on Obama's transition team who headed Clinton's Council of Economic Advisors, about the need for a "green stimulus."

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Chinese Want To Buy the Big 3 Automakers

Jane Hamsher | Posted 12.20.2008 | Business

Read More: Cars, Mitt Romney, Richard Selby, Gm, Ford, Automaker Bailout, Big Three Automakers, United Auto Workers, Detroit Three, The Big 3, China Detroit, China Products, Automakers, Detroit Automakers, Bailout, Detroit, China Automakers, Auto Industry, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Detroit Bailout, China, China Big 3, Business News
Jane Hamsher

All the Shock Doctrine fanatics cheering to drive the the Big 3 into bankruptcy "restructuring," like Mitt Romney, might want to think about the implications of this.

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Should the Government Bail Out the Big Three U.S. Automakers? HuffPost Bloggers Weigh In

Huffington Post | Posted 12.20.2008 | Business

Read More: Automaker Bailout, Big Three Automakers, United Auto Workers, Detroit Three, Gm, Cars, The Big 3, Chysler, Ford, Detroit Automakers, Automakers, Bailout, Detroit, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Auto Industry, Detroit Bailout, Business News
Huffington Post

Huffington Post contributors weigh in on whether Congress should bail out the Big Three Detroit automakers. Keep checking back as the debate continues.

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Mitt Romney's Ye-Olde-Times Plan For Detroit

Jeffrey Feldman | Posted 12.20.2008 | Business

Read More: Detroit Automakers, Automakers, Automaker Bailout, Mitt Romney Detroit, Mitt Romney Automakers, Unemployment, Big Three Automakers, Automotive Industry, United Auto Workers, Detroit Three, Detroit, Gm, Mitt Romney, Cars, Ford, Detroit Bailout, Business News
Jeffrey Feldman

As a foray into the troubled waters of the biggest industry crisis of our time, Romney's plan epitomizes how Republicans think about the economy: by pretending we live in a Dickensian version of the Eisenhower era.

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Auto Industry Execs Hammered By Congress, Bailout Looking Increasingly Unlikely

New York Times | BILL VLASIC and DAVID M. HERSZENHORN | Posted 12.19.2008 | Business

Read More: Auto Industry, General Motors, Congress, Chrysler, Car Company Bailout, Car Industry Bailout, Gm, Auto Industry Bailout, Detroit Bailout, Ford, Business News

The heads of the Big Three automakers of Detroit pleaded on Tuesday for emergency government aid to stave off potential collapse, but after four hours...

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Industrial Base

Ray Kimball | Posted 12.18.2008 | Business

Read More: US Auto Industry, Big Three Automakers, Government Bailout, China Industry, Bailout, U.S. Military Technology, National Security, Congressional Bailout, General Wesley Clark, Financial Crisis, Foreign Industry, Auto Industry Bailout, Procurement, Defense Spending, India Industry, Detroit Bailout, Business News
Ray Kimball

The hard truth of the matter is that truly innovative ideas, which could be "game-changers" on the battlefield, have been AWOL from Detroit's methods of operation for some time now.

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GM Must Re-Make the Mass Transit System it Murdered

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 12.18.2008 | Green

Read More: Mass Transit, US Auto Industry, Global Economy, GM Bailout, Bradford Snell, Cars, Passenger Rail, Green Power, Green Energy, Alfred P. Sn, Solartopia, Environment and Government, Who Killed the Electric Car, Bailout, General Motors, Standard Oil, Trolley Systems, Gm Green, Trains, Buses, Detroit Bailout, Global Warming, Green News
Harvey Wasserman

GM's special role in history must now evolve into using its infrastructure to restore the mass transit system -- and ecological balance -- it has helped destroy.

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