having had my living made as a by-product of the auto industry i am really torn on on this issue of the bailout. on one hand i say yes we need to do this because of the fact our economy is mainly supported by the auto industry, or let me restate that, used to be mainly supported. so the impact of the auto industrys collapse would be horrific. i know some that only see the employees of GM or chrysler as lossing theyre jobs but in reality there are millions who (for lack of a better expression) leach off the auto industry. me being a leach my first job out off the army was as a machinist in a place that supplied GM, Ford and Chrysler. in the mid 90s we there started seeing the slow decline of the big three and started changing the product that we made to suit other industrys incase we couldnt beg from theyre table any more. this also met making parts for the japanese cars wich were made in Ohio. this whole thing with the auto industry and possibly even this recession has ben coming for a long time. but not only do these people lose theyre jobs but this will efect even that ccashier at wal-mart. who seemingly have nothing to do with the auto industry. but what kinda angers me is the fact that congress more or less hands the finacial insitiute 700 billion dollars with no strings attached, and wont give the auto industry 14 billion. the banks have effected mostly people who have or had money. GM going down effects the working class. i dont know can ya see my point.

but one part of me says screw them and the UAW they rode in on. im sick of hearing these over paid under work jackasses whine cause they cant live on 30 dollars an hour.(i grew up in Ohio wich is thick with UAW) while im out bustin my ass for a third of that and i seem to be makin it( ok 2/3). then the capilist way is you either sink or swim you dont sell your product - you make no money- you dont pay bills - you go outa businiss. now step four is - ask govt for bailout - continue sinking.

but my bleedin heart liberal self says that no matter what we do we have to help the people first and for most.( by the way i said help not welfare state)