I live in Michigan I pay a lot for natural gas to heat my home. And I am a landlord that includes utilities in their rent. My tenants couldn't afford an increase in gas prices.

But when that market expands prices would drop?

The whole situation sucks. It's such a mess.

I agree with you completely Winx (dont you dare faint!!! I know you and I rarely agree, lol).
Thats why I brought this up. In my opinion, if people would quit being so greedy for the "big bux", and this means everyone, not just the fctory worker making 30 an hour, but also all the bosses that make the millions; if everyone who can reasonably cut back on their income a little bit would do so, it would do so much good in the end. I am not saying that it would completely solve everything completely and prfectly, but it would be a hell of a lot better than the loss of work we would be facing.

Also thin of this olks... the manufactorers go down... no more trucks, or parts and materials available, tere goes our trucking industry... ok no more trucks, our grocery stores start shutting down cause they can not get the products we need. This is just one example, but it is a QUICK and FAST track to it affecting every single person in the united states, adversely.

I live in Michigan I pay a lot for natural gas to heat my home. And I am a landlord that includes utilities in their rent. My tenants couldn't afford an increase in gas prices.

The CEOs of the Big Three automakers reportedly flew private luxury jets to Washington to plead for a $25 billion taxpayer bailout to save their debt-ridden industry — ringing up tens of thousands in charges even as they cried poverty.

Recipients of eight-figure bonuses in 2007, the corporate cowboys used their executive perks — which for GM's Rick Wagoner include the run of a $36 million Gulfstream IV jet — to arrive in style as they went begging before Congress.

Wagoner, whose flight reportedly cost $20,000 round-trip — about 70 times more than a commercial airline ticket — told Congress he expected about $10-$12 billion from the requested bailout.

"This is a slap in the face of taxpayers," Tom Schatz, president of Citizens Against Government Waste, told ABC News. "To come to Washington on a corporate jet, and asking for a handout is outrageous."

Joined by Robert Nardelli of Chrysler and Alan Mulally of Ford, Wagoner told the Senate that a collapse in Detroit could cost 3 million jobs in just a year and put the hurt on communities across the country.

But the prospective bailout is getting held up in the Senate, where lawmakers don't appear keen to save the ailing industry. "Just giving them $25 billion doesn't change anything," Sen. Jon Kyl, Said "It just puts off for six months or so the day of reckoning."

I Say F%@# 'em!

H*ll NO, those uppidy bastards are flying around in private jets and then asking for hand out, If they bail them out, ill never pay taxes ever again!

They're coming to take hiaway ha ha, they're coming to take him away he he, to tax evasion hell, they're coming to take him away HO HO!!!!!!!!!!!

lol, sorr goofy mood tonight

I've always had American made cars. But..I've never been able to buy a new one.

I've always had American made cars. But..I've never been able to buy a new one.

it is hard for a 10$ an hour employee

to buy any product built by

75$ an hour + employees that pushes the cost to high

so i guess those that may lose their jobs helped bring it on

so hey i have no sympathy

i wish it was different

but it is what it is

They cut alot of that out in late 80s, not all of it..Smaller factories it produced is in play to day. I know several companies the make parts for Chevy, Ford, Honda, Toyota ECT that just run their dies over their machines..

Personaly NO...I beleive in the free market.Will times get bad? yes.Will they get better? yes...But since we are we really need to look at retooling what.

besides if they fail the other car makers business will pick up

just a thought

but

hey what do i know