The Next Bailout: Detroit

I know people who have witnessed technologies that got out into the public, accidently of course, then seized and never seen again...I could go on and on, but this is a public forum. The things we common folk invision, to solve energy problems, are more than likely primitive and laughable to the powers that be. They would actually release these technologies if they could solve one little problem... "How do we put a meter on it, so we can charge Mr./Mrs./Ms. consumer?"

This a a bit off the beaten path but the people we have relected to run our governmenthave forgotten who they work for and what their job functions are and I came up with an idea.
I would suggest a prerequisite for our elected individuals Requirement: 1 week of classes in
the Constitution 101 in a regular classroom( no travel requered -other thandrive yourself to the nearest school where you live (and no free gas for that trip) no computers or cell phones allowed;; you can bring a brown bag lunch, a pencil and paper will be ok in case you need to take some notes.There will be no fancy chairs or desks -- just a simple classroom with a chalkboard. You will relearn or learn about the taxation without representation part; about upholding the Constitution and it's laws; And, there will be a test and if you flunk you go back to the end of the line and start over--; It should be a simple test of either "yes or no " or multiple choice answers. There will be no opportunity for you to tippy toe around with vague answers (no essay responses .)This will be rt part of your indoctrination and give you a clearer understanding of your duties as an ELECTED representaytive of your constituants,
And the last time I checked, voting consisting of one person - one vote-- and does not
involve corporations or lobbying groups. And if a week is too long, we can do it in a day
The Constitution of U.S. is really not that hard to comprehend. Our Founding Fathers made it very clearly written document so you don't have to guess too much. (We will leave that part to the Supreme Court) Anybody out there want to petition this thought into a law..I am just frustrated by how we are all being ignored We communicate with our reps and they don't care, they come to us for our vote and then leave us hung out to dry with their mistakes. And they are taking our last dollar so we can't even bribe them with a buck..

I do not live beyond my means - my means have slipped below my lifestyle, which is by no means extravagant (80K mortgage, less than $300 car payment on a Toyota, $2k in credit cards).

Detroit does not just provide what we 'want' to buy. If Detroit wanted to do it right they would show the few advantages of having an SUV but they would also show someone putting $175 worth of gas in it every week. So take your 'they only make what we want to buy' argument and shove it. Tobacco manufacturers issue warnings on each package - why not have a disclaimer on every SUV ad that says "Use of an SUV for daily commuting has been shown to be hazardous to the environment"?

Because they don't care, that's why. Let them rot in hell.

Some of you people amaze me. Car makers made what we wanted to buy. Don't blame Detriot blame 95% of America. The other 5% still had/have other choices. Note I see more Toyota Tundra commercials than any of the big 3 with regard to trucks. Wonder why Toyota makes a Tundra because we Americas buy them. Some how we bail out Wall Street but not Detroit. Why? Simple Wall Street gives more to Washington than Detroit does. Yes there are a few high paid CEO's in Detriot. Bet there are a lot more on Wall Street. Make an easy decision for who to give the money too. Also add in Detroit is blue collar, Wall Street is white collar. Neither party really cares about blue collar. Don't think your union leaders really care about you either. Note the report 1 in 10 US jobs are connected to auto. And you suggest and whine about all the foriegn jobs. Sounds like plenty still here. I'd certainly give Detroit $50 B before I'd give Wall Street $1.00. At least Detroit produces something tangible. What exactly does Wall Street produce? Hell we find out they didn't even know what the paper they were writing was worth. Wall Street ignorance got them in trouble, Detroit suffers from our own fellow America wacko left that won't let us at our own natural resources. Let Wall Street lie in the bed they made, don't punish Detroit for the bed all Americas made. You elected the people that voted to make the CAFE standards. That was our collective will. You/we made Detroit we sure didn't make Wall Street.

"NO MORE BAILOUTS"

WHY SHOULD THOSE WHO ARE MAKING IT, PAY FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T OR WON'T ESPECIALLY WITH THE AMOUNT OF $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$'S THESE COMPANIES "OUTSOURCE" TO OTHER COUNTRIES!!

FORD should auction off the FORD museum and use that money for their failures, not our tax dollars.

GM should close down the offshore plants, bring the american peoples jobs back and then maybe our tax dollars to bail them out can be discussed.

YEA, they take our jobs, give them to foreign countries then want our tax dollars?
THEY NEED TO TAKE CHINESE TAX DOLLARS TO PAY FOR THEIR COMPANIES SINCE THATS WHERE THEY MAKE THEIR CARS NOW

Plain and simple, the United States is about over with. The way it's run, it's a wonder it's lasted this long. Everybody is going bankrupt and expect the government to bail; them out. The government has no right bailing anyone out. We say the hell with them. This country is so far in debt, it will NEVER get out. Why not let China or Japan take over. They probably own most of America anyway. The only time this country was good, was when Clinton was president and now look at it. Bush lied to everyone about the war and even had to cheat to get our troops at war. Housing's down the toilet and all these big companies are crying the blues. This country is going to hell and it's never going to get better. There are too many chiefs and not enough indians and these big wigs don't know their asses from a hole in the ground. So, good-bye America. You really screwed up this time.

they need to look for investors.
Its criminal for the gov to give them FREE tax dollars I pay and then the car companies not give me crap in the end.
All these bailouts are criminal, we want indictments and arrests and we the people shouldnt even pay taxes if this is how they are used to bailout failing companies after they pay CEO's millions in severance and bonuses.

Bear stearns CEO got their bonuses of billions of dollars then went belly up and then tax dollars bail them out and we get ROBBED and should be given public stock holdings for the companies since its our cash they are getting.
Maybe the people will learn from this that the gov is criminal, 911 was an inside job and the IMF and WORLD BANK documents 10 years ago say this is what they were gunna do, now its happening and we told you so 10 years ago and 80% of the people still think its a conspiracy when their own documents say thats what they wanted to do.

PNAC (project for a new american century) authored by cheney, rumsfeld, bush wolfowitz written in 1992 funded by a McCain group say they needed a NEW PERAL HARBOR to implement what they have since 911.

So wake up cuz WWW INFOWARS COM is where you need to go to get the real news and to read their documents written years ago explaining what is happening today by design.

I work in the auto industry 17years now and I see first hand how much waste that is spent by the big three. If they would restructure and run more effient they would not need a bail out. STOP THE WASTE and prosper.