As rescue attempts go, the Obama administration and its Auto Task Force are pursuing a peculiar course: They seem intent on keeping General Motors and Chrysler afloat as corporate entities by tossing more U.S. workers overboard. Even as unemployment rates soar in longtime GM-centered communities hit by shutdowns, such as Janesville, Wis. (14.7 percent), and Flint, Mich. (15.3 percent), Obama and… return to article
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Reader Comments (2)Page 1 of 1 pagesThere is only one solution to this crisis in the auto and steel industries… nationalize the entire industries and bring them under public ownership and control with workers dominating the decision-making process.
Nothing less will save jobs.
We need to consider the socialist alternative to capitalism.
A question that is being asked all over these days is:
How long can capitalism last?
The answer is simple:
As long as working people are willing to put up with this crap.
Obama is Wall Street’s president and no friend of the people… when people figure this out the real struggles for social and economic justice, along with peace will begin to shape the future of our country.
I have some ideas about how to go about starting… I would like to hear the ideas of others.
Please check out my blog posting:
http://thepodunkblog.blogspot.com/2009/06/from-capitalist-crisis-to-building. .html
Alan L. Maki
Warroad, Minnesota
Posted by alanmaki on Jun 18, 2009 at 3:13 AM You are dead right Alan.
You are right - he is no friend to the people even though thats his image he developed for himself. The aim at all this stuff is to separate the rich from the poor. They do this but slowly knocking out jobs for the middle class…just like they are doing right now.
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