InvisibleBlack
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ORIGINAL: Acer49 Why is the Govt throwing money at an industry that has no value? The last thing people are considering doing is going into personal debt for 20-30k to buy a car. I am sorry if the car plants close and I am sure someone will buy them at some point, but if the Govt is going to spend money, they should do it with an industry that has a possibilty of making a profit? thoughts or comment As I recall, the auto industry employs something like 400,000 people, not including those empoyed by the ancillary industries (like parts & services). It is one of the very few manufacturing sectors with a major component left in the United States. Despite its losses over the past decades, the US still supplies a significant chunk of automobiles worldwide. By comparison, the financial industry employs something in the neighborhood of 40,000 people in the US. Trillions have been spent on saving the banks and brokerage houses and billions on saving the auto industry. As "industries with no value" go - if half the banks and brokerage houses went belly up - the remainder could easily suffice to meet all the demand for liquid capital in the market but somehow they are "too important" to be allowed to go under - even though they employ a tenth of what the auto industry does.
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