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February 22, 2009

No Bailout For GM & Chrysler

Years ago I read, Thomas Friedman's book "Beirut to Jerusalem". The book provided level-headed insight to the Middle-East. And once again he's making sense, let the automotive companies fail.

Sorry, friends, but this is not the American way. Bailing out the losers is not how we got rich as a country, and it is not how we’ll get out of this crisis.

G.M. has become a giant wealth- destruction machine — possibly the biggest in history — and it is time that it and Chrysler were put into bankruptcy so they can truly start over under new management with new labor agreements and new visions. When it comes to helping companies, precious public money should focus on start-ups, not bailouts.

(Via NY Times)

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