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Old Nov 19, 2008 | 07:12 PM
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Loosen the restrictions on the $25 billion in low-interest restructuring loans already passed by Congress.
Let the Big Three borrow to finance their daily ops, since that is their greatest risk in Q4.

GM has already shit-canned their replacement for the Escalade / Yukon / Suburban, without being told to.
If senators get involved in product planning, I think our auto industry will be worse off in the long run.

It took thirty years of trailing the Japanese in compact and mid-size car development to get the hint, but I think GM and Ford have learned that they cannot survive shoveling the same shit year after year. The trick is to put that lesson into action and plan accordingly.

I'd go on, but I'm dead on my feet.
Covering the LA Auto Show is hard when you're a one-man band. h:
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