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Pat makes a lot of sense...

Of course, there are too many liberal Free Traders here with that “F—k America” attitude...have no problem with subsidizing foreign companies at the expense of American companies

At least Reagan was smart....not afraid to use tarriffs to save American companies...no wonder why the liberal Free Traders in the GOP did not like him

Bet that those criticizing Buchanan for this writing are the same ones who claim McCain and Bush are conservatives. Yeah Right

I am no fan of the UAW...but the US auto industry needs to be saved. I would rather have Americans I disagree with making my war materiel than relying on foreigners to do it...if we ever get into another major military conflict

See my prior post, bailing our the UAW with my tax dollars is a bigger F U to America. If GM, Ford and Chrystler vanishes today, it will not affect our weapons manufacture. Can any of you even name a single weapon system contracted to one of the big 3 at the present time?

Paying people for years 95% of their salary to sit at home is beyond folly. Why I, who’ve worked my arse off, should be forced to reward this sloth and greed is bs. Furthermore, its nothing more than a bandaid applied to a severed leg, it’s not going to work.

That is just it, Toyota, Honda, and others are building cars right here in the US by US workers. They also don't have the overhead that GM, FORD, and Chrysler do. US manufacturers have to pay for the retirement of all their former workers. Honda and others do not, because they have not been here that long.

I don't car who the manufacturer is, as long as a American is working to build the vehicle.

I have owned one foreign car in my life. I bought more GM made vehicles then any other. I love my Chevy Supercharged Monte Carlo, but you know what? I am not in the mood to borrow money to bail out failed businesses.

Ford came out the other day and said they are doing alright and they don't need a bail out. What is the deal with that? GM is the one who needs it. They owe their Union 29 billion. Time to build a new car company in the South.

Yes, at one time businesses took advantage of the people. Now, people are taking advantage of the business. They have been for years. Now, they are in trouble and they want my children's money. NO! Go to Wall Street and find some investors and leave my children's money alone.

We need to rebuild our industrial base anyway. We only have one steel company and most of our manufacturing industry is in China. If you are concerned about our military industry, then bring our steel companies home. Time to rethink some things and bring it back home properly. Sometimes, it takes a disaster to get people motivated to fix a problem.

Now, I really don't think it is fair or right to throw mud on folks who are not happy with the extortion that is going on. We had a gun put to our head that said if we don't bail out banks, we will all die. Now car companies are doing it. Who is next? Walmart? No, it is not the taxpayer responsibility to bail out short sited businesses.