TheLastManInAmerica

They flew in to D.C. on their private jets on a mission to beg for OUR money. Rep. Gary Ackerman of New York said, “It’s kind of like seeing a guy show up at the soup kitchen in high hat and tuxedo.” No Mr. Ackerman, it’s like having a bum come to you, reeking of malt liquor and crack smoke and telling you he needs the money because he’s hungry. It’s a pathetic sight to be certain.

Many people prophosized that with the financial bailout, others, including the auto industry, would follow with their hats in their hands, begging for money. It’s much the same as that junkie coming up to you and asking for a cigarette, you give one to him then all of the sudden more start popping out of nowhere, from behind dumpsters and inside storm drains and manholes, all of them trying to get a piece of your charity. Before you know it, you’re out of smokes but every vagrant in the city is puffing away. It has to stop somewhere.

But it cannot stop here. No matter how mismanaged any -or all- of the Big Three may be, there’s too much at stake here. Namely, the jobs of millions of Americans…the Middle Class that everyone likes to say they support nowadays. They don’t design the cars, it’s not their fault that they’re inefficient and dangerous. These people just work for a living. If any companies ever derserved a bailout, which most do not, it’s the auto industry, strictly for the sake of saving American jobs. So many have said we need a bailout of the Middle Class, not corporate fat cats looking to keep their pockets padded; well here’s the chance.

We need strict oversight on this job, the auto industry canot be allowed to operate the way they have anymore. With our money going into their companies, they need to start making cars that benefit us, long-lasting, fuel efficent automobiles. 

Maybe this is the change that needed to happen. Our oil is drying up and our planet is heating up. And now we have a chance to get in on a key source of these problems. If we jump in, perhaps we can make a change not only in the world of transportation, but the world at large. 

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