Make Up Your Mind

Senator Carl Levin D. Michigan: Graduate of Swarthmore and Harvard Law School. Senator Levin is the longest serving Senator from the State of Michigan.

This impressive collection of college knowledge leads one to believe that Senator Levin is a reasonably intelligent person. Yesterday, during an interview that was broadcast from WDIV Detroit and carried by CNN, he advocated that President Bush should use a portion of the $700 billion, allocated to the T.A.R.P. Fund, in the amounts of $8 billion to General Motors and another $7 billion to Chrysler for a bridge loan.
In the same breath, he stated, “that the use of the $300 billion, given to the financial institutions, was dubious at best.”

Senator Levin, you cannot have it both ways, after all you voted for the $700 billion bailout and never questioned the use or the people who would be using the funds. This came after a majority of your constituency pleaded with you to vote down the bill. It has to make a voter wonder just who are you representing?

Three months from now, when the auto industry is back on the hill, pleading the case that $15 billion was not quite enough, will you waffle again and say that the use of the money was dubious at best? Senator Stabenow D Michigan: on the other hand voted against the financial bailout, and now doesn't regret it like

Mr. Levin – please note Senator Debbie Stabenow is a staunch advocate of helping the auto industry.

What happened to Ford in this matter? Did the dollar situation with them suddenly cure itself? Now, is all of their monetary woes forgotten? If all this isn't enough to raise your blood pressure, now Toyota has stepped up to the money buffet and declared that it will lose thousands of jobs in the United States unless it gets much needed financial help. The wheels just keep rolling merrily along. On the whole, the car industry has been duping the public in every conceivable way for so long that nobody knows what to really believe. Planned obsolescence is just one example – the Vega, Pinto, Chevette, Pacer, Maverick, and the list just goes on and on.

Hank Paulson has been recommended for the “Auto Czar” job. In its infinite wisdom, the government has seen what a splendid job Mr. Paulson has done with the financial bailout, hence the decision that maybe he can perform similar miracles for the auto industry. What nation is most associated with Czars?

For the most part, this writer agrees, for the money, good luck finding and buying better engineering found in certain products, such as the Corvette, Cadillac CTS, and Ford GT. However, can the middle class honestly afford to buy automobiles that cost more than $60,000? Between a mortgage, as well as the care and feeding of a family, it requires an average annual income of well over $100,000 to afford this quality.

A potential buyer’s option for the purchase of a new vehicle could be a Chevy Aveo or Ford Focus. Then, wait for them to disintegrate before they are paid for within a 72-month new car loan. The bottom line in this entire matter equals where is the COMMON SENSE?

Pressure needs a strong dose of Corgard!

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