Posts Tagged ‘toyota’
This week we had Joe Biden assuring as that allowing a bomber on an airplane and the fact his bomb failed to explode is proof their anti-terrorism plan is working just fine. Then, we had him assuring a crowd of people their stimulus plan is working: Not sure how well the crowd bought it. He [...]
Tags: Evan-Bayh, Indiana, joe-biden, michigan, stimulus, toyota, unemployment
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All I’ve heard since last week was how the woefully underfunded Cash for Clunkers program needed another $2 billion to keep it going. This had to be done RIGHT NOW since it was such a wildly successful program. I heard more than one analyst tell me it was a key cog to kicking the economy [...]
Tags: australia, brazil, caliber, california, camry, Canada, cash for clunkers, chavez, chevrolet, chevy, china, civic, cobalt, corolla, dodge, elantra, england, fit, focus, Ford, general motors, GM, honda, hyundai, illinois, india, indonesia, japan, kentucky, malaysia, michigan, obama, ohio, pakistan, phillipines, prius, russia, south africa, south korea, Taiwan, thailand, toyota, transparency, transparent, turkey, united kingdom, venezuela
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During the recent debate over whether or not to give US automakers a loan, bailout, or any help at all, the Big Three were constantly trashed for poor management. Our entire system of making cars was put under scrutiny, with the unions taking a huge brunt of the assault. A lot of people argued for simply [...]
Tags: automaker, chryler, Ford, GM, loss, toyota, uaw, union
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That’s the argument being made today after the collapse of the Big Three bailout. For the record, it came because UAW refused to bargain. Now, this argument is so bogus it’s amazing. People are actually debating this issue as if it’s fact. One of the states being singled out is Kentucky because of Mitch McConnell. [...]
Tags: bailout, bias, bunning, california, corvette, explorer, Ford, GM, kentucky, mcconnell, Media, media bias, toyota
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