Marie Antoinette and a G4

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themanintheseersuckersuit
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Marie Antoinette and a G4

#1 Post by themanintheseersuckersuit » Wed Nov 19, 2008 9:44 am

The CEOs of the big three automakers flew to the nation's capital yesterday in private luxurious jets to make their case to Washington that the auto industry is running out of cash and needs $25 billion in taxpayer money to avoid bankruptcy.
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/WallStree ... 739&page=1

I say off with their heads
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The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.

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Re: Marie Antoinette and a G4

#2 Post by frogman042 » Wed Nov 19, 2008 2:24 pm

That's because they couldn't rely on their own vehicles to get them there.

---Jay

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Re: Marie Antoinette and a G4

#3 Post by nitrah55 » Wed Nov 19, 2008 2:52 pm

Here is a drastic, yet sensible response to the auto industry problem from Mitt Romney.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/19/opini ... ef=opinion
I am about 25% sure of this.

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