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Not so...

They knew exactly how to stop the bleed.  All they had to do was dump all the retirees in the streets and bust the union. With Obama's help, that is exactly what will happen; and when it does, taxpayers will assume GM's pension liabilities.  

Unlike the banks, manufacturing never defrauded their investors out of trillions.  And in a consumer based economy, one needs employed consumers earning a living wage.  You can buy in to trickle down economics all you want.  It doesn't make it so.  

They're asking for another four years -- in a just world, they'd get 10 to 20. ~~ Dennis Kucinich  

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by: dkmich @ Thu Apr 02, 2009 at 04:43:22 AM CDT