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  • Who Might Benefit From Detroit's Failings [View article]
    Who might benefit if they fail?

    Not any of the big 3.
    Not their workers.
    Not the union OR management.
    Not taxpayers (pension takeover, loss of payroll taxes).
    Not other automakers (supplier bankruptcies).
    Not the midwest (looking at a regional depression).
    Not the rest of the US (regional depressions spread).

    The only beneficiary I can imagine would be the Chinese automakers, who would be unaffected and are arriving with their imports within the next 2 years, if we can still afford cars by then.

    Most likely, they will get bailed out, and bailed out again, to the tune of about $200B over the next few years before they finally whither to a level that is not "too big to fail". Then they'll fail.
    Dec 03 15:55 pm |Rating: +2 -5
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