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Originally Posted by gtahvit
The polar caps aren't melting. They are now growing and have been for the last 3-5 years depending on the study you refer to.
My personal opinion of Mr. Moore aside...
What he says makes no sense. Government intervention is what has put the US auto industry in this position. It was the government that put CAFE in place, continues to increase the safety requirements, that punishes U.S. companies for selling overseas, that rewards foreign companies for selling in the U.S., That supported the UAW and pressured the auto industry to pay 3 times what the foreign competition pays in labor while letting foreign auto makers in the U. S. build cars with out union workers. Our Government that funds the publicity of global warming and refuses to report the natural cyclic state of the earths temperature. Fact: The warmest year on record was in the 1930's Not a very big carbon footprint then was there.
Our elected officials (insert party name here) are the ones perpetuating this problem on on the U.S. Auto industry. The same ones that are trying to bankrupt Social security, medicare, bail out banks, doubled gov spending. And we want them to have more say in what happens in this country???
When do we acknowledge that they've screwed it up. And when do we stop giving them more control to go and screw more up.
If you don't agree with bailing out the Auto industry then fine. But, don't be so quick to defend Mr. Moore, or the politicians trying to regulate the economy.
How can any of us give them more authority and power over anything given their past performance?
Every crisis we are facing at this time is because our government intervened when it should have let the experts do their job. When there is freedom in the market place, then let companies sink or swim. But when the Government's hands are just as bloody as everyone elses. Then they need to step up and give the appropriate measure of support.
You can't have it both ways. Mr. Moore's points are in my opinion going to give more influence to the same organization the got us here. That's why his opinion is stupid. In my humble opinion. Which very well may be even more stupid.
You decide.
And to be fair, None of the Mr. Moore supporters have justified why his opinons make sense. Repeating what others think or feel doesn't make a valid argument.
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All your aforementioned problems aside (CAFE, etc). It's the problem that the average middle class consumer doesn't have the confidence or even the money to buy cars. There are $10k+ rebates on cars right now and people still aren't really buying, yes the mandates don't help, but everyone is grasped by the balls right now...