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So, the Gov’t in it’s infinite wisdom gave 100 Billion dollars to Wall Street, where they make NOTHING, but penny pinched the automakers who EMPLOY Millions and MAKE products.  Easy to guess who paid off whom.  None of those Wall street firms suffered anything, but Millions of American families will suffer gravely if their companies go under.

I have a personal stake in this: I bought a new Dodge  Caliber in February, and if Chyrsler goes under, what happens to my 3/36000 warranty and my Lifetime Warranty on the powertrain?  Wall Street ain’t gonna fix it, they don’t know how.  I’ve been doing what I can to support my dealer – I take the car there, and there only for service.  I could save a few bucks by having the no-loads at Jiffy Lube change my oil, but they don’t know shit about my car; the dealer does.

The anti-unionism is appalling; Repuglicans storm at the auto unions for "killing" their companies, but the real culprits are the over paid executives, not the workers.  Management agreed to the contracts they signed, and now want to ditch their obligations.  You first, asshole, not the people who MAKE things.

Many do not want to buy American cars because they percieve them as lower class than foreign cars.  This is wrong.  My Caliber has worked perfectly for over 12,000 miles and nearly a year so far and there is no reason it won’t for all of it’s life.  It was made in Ohio, by Americans, by people who LIVE here.  The auto companies are international to a degree; many of the parts in my car were made by Mexicans, underpaid and grateful to have jobs, but the parts were assembled HERE, by Americans, who now have to worry that their livlihoods will be destroyed by assholes paid off to kill their companies.

Careful what you say, Politicians.  We are listening, and remembering who said what.  YOUR jobs depend on your honesty.  Remember, tar and feathers are cheap- as cheap as your lives will be if you fuck over Americans.

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