Bailout, continued...

TB — 11/12/2008 10:25:26 PM (archived)

As anyone could have predicted, once the trillion-dollar trough was established, the number of pigs crowding around it skyrocketed. I've lost track of the number of businesses and their pet politicians who are oinking to get their own bailouts.

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Bailout, continued... - TB - 11/12/2008 10:25:26 PM
- Auto companies - TB - 11/13/2008 1:28:00 AM
  - Heard on NPR - Eri - 11/13/2008 2:01:25 AM
    - re: Heard on NPR - Marcia - 11/13/2008 2:06:15 AM
  - re: Auto companies - Marcia - 11/13/2008 1:56:57 AM
    - re: Auto companies - Marcia - 11/13/2008 2:02:25 AM
      - Ask people in Michigan which is worse - partial and temporary gov't ownership, or bankruptcy? (n/t) - z - 11/13/2008 3:34:07 AM
        
        re: Ask people in Michigan which is worse - partial and temporary gov't ownership, or bankruptcy? - Marcia - 11/13/2008 4:11:32 AM
        
        re: ... very sad. (n/t) - Marcia - 11/13/2008 4:13:39 AM
  - It's estimated that 3-4 million jobs would be lost in the collapse of the domestic auto industry - z - 11/13/2008 1:38:57 AM
    - There's a reason the auto industry is in trouble. - TB - 11/13/2008 4:28:52 AM
      - And just how much of that compensation is health care Tom? - azstrummer - 11/13/2008 2:25:49 PM
        
        re: compensation - TB - 11/13/2008 4:45:32 PM
      - Care to compare that to the "hourly labor costs" of some of the Wall Street firms being bailed out? - z - 11/13/2008 12:21:50 PM
        
        Bankruptcy - TB - 11/13/2008 5:24:52 PM
        
        Management and professionals were on that chart. (n/t) - TB - 11/13/2008 4:46:32 PM
      - re: There's a reason the auto industry is in trouble. - Doug Ellison - 11/13/2008 11:50:10 AM
      - re: There's a reason the auto industry is in trouble. - Marcia - 11/13/2008 4:40:28 AM

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