Obama Asks Bush to Back Rescue of Automakers - washingtonpost.com

News Type: Event — Seeded on Tue Nov 11, 2008 11:44 AM EST

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President-elect Barack Obama yesterday urged President Bush to support immediate aid for struggling automakers and back a new stimulus package, even as congressional Democrats began drafting legislation to give the Detroit automakers quick access to $25 billion by adding them to the Treasury Department's $700 billion economic rescue program. Bush, speaking privately to Obama during their first Oval Office meeting, repeated his administration's stand that...

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Tanilan

Okay I don't know a lot about the logistics of this, but as a kid of an ex-autoworker; I strongly believe we should have bailed out our auto industry first. I also believe, however, that too many of our industries have been shifted overseas in order for companies to benefit from cheap foreign labor.

We are always saying buy American; support American industry. But this is extremely hard when even our customer service jobs are being sent to other countries. I love customer service and if given the opportunity I would work in it. But that's neither here or there.

The bottom line is our country has a long road to recovery and we have got to do something to make the necessary changes in order to get there. BRING OUR JOBS HOME!

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#1 - Tue Nov 11, 2008 2:08 PM EST

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Andrew Spagnoli

Well said, Tanilan, I think that every future trade deal that we make must take labor standards into consideration and even the playing field. We cannot morally allow the current trend to contiinue: where one set of countries is exploited so that in the long run we all have low-wage jobs. We must insist that workers are paid a decent wage abroad, so that we can keep jobs at home. Likewise, we cannot allow countries that want to trade with us to ignore basic environmental standards. In the short term it allows countries with sweat shops to take all of the jobs, and in the long-term pollutes the planet costing us all in a variety of ways.

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#1.1 - Tue Nov 11, 2008 2:22 PM EST

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Tanilan

Likewise, we cannot allow countries that want to trade with us to ignore basic environmental standards.

Exactly! We have relaxed our standards on goods coming into this country, for reasons that are beyond my understanding. If I remember correctly, Japan won't allow us to export rice to them, because they think it is inferior to their standards. China has been sending lead tainted toys to our children. E. Coli has been found in produce coming across the border from Mexico. Heck, I'm even afraid to give my dog any dog-food (he wouldn't eat it anyway because he's spoiled...but I digress).

We must be aggressive in stance towards foreign imports, especially since a lot of what we consume or use comes from out of this country.

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#1.2 - Tue Nov 11, 2008 2:46 PM EST

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Blearc

Equal Tariffs, they charge 20% then we get to as well, none of this 2% crap. Unless of course they charge 2%.

No tax breaks unless a minimum of 60% american workers.

No federal or local contracts unless the business is based here. And all tax payer money contracts to be bidded. (Buh Bye KBR and Haliburton).

And for god sakes universal health care. For the capitalistic reason of our competitors are doing it.

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#2 - Tue Nov 11, 2008 3:51 PM EST

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Andrew Spagnoli

Exactly, if we had our companies freed from being social service agencies so they were like the companies elsewhere that they compete with.... well, ask GM what that would do for their bottom line...

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#2.1 - Sat Nov 15, 2008 12:59 PM EST

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