sicksicksick_N_tired
I really wasn't terribly concerned,...but now, I am terrified.
First, my brother gets laid off a "sure thing" position (SEVERE cut-backs). Now, one of the big three auto manufacturers is shutting down for at least a month.
Damn the neocons and the GOP!!! DAMN them both!!!!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x4670903
It seems to be taken as fact that if the Big 3 automakers were to fail that it would be the end. I don't know where they got the '3 million jobs effected' thing I keep reading, but as with most of the media it's likely overstated. Not to diminish it, there would definately be some pain involved.
But last night, I started lisiting in my head all the automakers of the past who are no longer producing, and there are many once familiar that have come and gone without the sky falling.
There was the Hudson, the Nash, and the Studebaker. The Jeep used to be made by Willys. Kaiser-Frazer and the Henry J. The Crosley. The Packard.
The DeLorean was an American car even though it was made in No. Ireland. Going back a few years there was the Auburn, the Duesenberg, and the Humpmobile.
I've probably left out a few that others here will remember. All gone, and yet the world didn't end and people didn't suffer for ages because of it. Something to think about before we go handing over billions and billions in taxpayer money to save something that might not be savable in their current form.
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