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Nationalization of GM update
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6/1/2009 6:24:30 PM
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Nationalization of GM update
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TB
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6/1/2009 6:24:30 PM
As opposed to the TB Plan
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azstrummer
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6/1/2009 6:55:24 PM
Anyone understand the implications of this bankruptcy?
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Bowser
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6/2/2009 3:55:55 AM
You don't normally need the President's supervision to undergo a corporate bankruptcy procedure.
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TB
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6/2/2009 4:32:18 AM
By facilitating a smooth and rapid bankruptcy, the Obama administration is saving thousands of jobs.
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z
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6/2/2009 2:40:49 PM
For how long?
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Jefferson-Washington
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6/4/2009 6:34:25 PM
Read the study.
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TB
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6/2/2009 4:16:47 PM
You don't limit union power by trashing your manufactruing sector
(n/t)
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E.P.
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6/3/2009 9:58:03 PM
But Obama's Auto Task Force has guided the whole process!!
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z
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6/2/2009 9:02:35 PM
In a bankruptcy, the court system would have handled those same things.
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TB
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6/2/2009 9:27:45 PM
We all saw the wonders of a free, underregulated financial system last fall
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z
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6/3/2009 2:23:40 PM
the role of regulation
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Robert
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6/2/2009 7:54:56 PM
re: the role of regulation
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TB
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6/2/2009 9:23:28 PM
re: the role of regulation
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Robert
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6/3/2009 4:42:03 PM
re: the role of regulation
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TB
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6/3/2009 8:23:50 PM
What did GM do between the years 2000 and 2008 to approach financial ruin?
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Jefferson-Washington
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6/3/2009 11:57:04 PM
You also don't normally get government resources and guarantees. GM got a sweet deal.
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alcaray
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6/2/2009 7:42:01 AM
Anyone understand the implications of this bankruptcy?
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Bowser
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6/2/2009 5:44:59 AM
Tell me, Art...
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TB
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6/1/2009 7:18:44 PM
And those unions
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azstrummer
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6/2/2009 2:51:08 PM
re: And those unions
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TB
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6/2/2009 4:34:49 PM
re: And socialism
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TB
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6/2/2009 4:49:22 PM
I am with you on this one Tom.
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REB
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6/1/2009 7:51:01 PM
It's hilarious seeing the left suddenly defend Big Business Bailouts.
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The Silent Majority
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6/2/2009 3:44:33 AM
And how funny is it seeing someone equate "bankruptcy" with "bailout"?
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Bowser
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6/2/2009 4:04:26 AM
When capitalism fails something has to fill the vacuum.
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Bowser
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6/1/2009 6:45:28 PM
WTC will Never be Built in MY LIFETIME
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carl
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6/2/2009 7:43:40 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.