Kevin Price Calls Bush's Auto Bailout the 'Road to Nowhere'
Kevin Price, Host of the Price of Business (CNN Radio and AOL Radio, M-F at 11 AM Central), described the President's bailout of the auto industry as another example of a "bridge to no where" in a recent post at www.BizPlusBlog.com.
Kevin Price of the Price of Business and BizPlusBlog.com
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In one of the most glaring examples of "keeping up appearances" in history, President George Bush has decided to single handily provide a bailout bridge to the "Big Three" automobile companies. It is intended to be a bridge that keeps them alive long enough to get to Barack Obama, who is expected to have a more friendly Congress available to do more. The current Congress and majority of Americans are rightly afraid that this is just another bridge to nowhere.
In a brief speech, the President made the case for going against the Congress and using money that was passed for bailing out Wall Street, to be shifted to assist the automobile industry.
He begins by pointing out that money shouldn't be given to the industry without accountability (as proposed by the automobile companies originally), stating that a "more responsible option is to give the auto companies an incentive to restructure outside of bankruptcy -- and a brief window in which to do it. And that is why my administration worked with Congress on a bill to provide automakers with loans to stave off bankruptcy while they develop plans for viability." This bill was rejected by the United States Senate. Bush notes "this legislation earned bipartisan support from majorities in both houses of Congress." There was not, however, enough "bipartisan support" to get this passed.
Bush goes on to say that "unfortunately, despite extensive debate and agreement that we should prevent disorderly bankruptcies in the American auto industry, Congress was unable to get a bill to my desk before adjourning this year." This is a nice euphemism for stating that the bill didn't pass...(read more at www.BizPlusBlog.com)
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