Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Auto industry problems are complex; right wing is wrong to punish only workers | BuzzFlash.org



Auto workers, parts workers, and everyone else whose lives live and die by what happens with the auto industry. These people want to build quality products that other people want to buy, that they can afford to buy. In a country that doesn't make a whole lot of anything anymore, the auto industry should be a bright beacon of light. And right now, it's not.

So yes, help should come. And it should come with conditions -- not just to punish assembly line workers, but to guide the companies, and their executives, into making products that Americans can buy with pride, that can reduce gasoline use, and won't break down easily.

Obama is right that our problems are complex. And the auto industry is the ideal example. We need to change a lot of things in this country, not just to change them, but to make them work better. To be blunt, if we can turn around the U.S. auto industry, the possibilities are endless.

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