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Meet the GOP's wrecking crew

Why did a small group of Southern Republicans turn the auto bailout into a demolition derby? Introducing the senators who hate unions and love foreign cars.

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  • Friday, December 12, 2008 10:45 PM

    vaporland

    After which these same companies will lay off millions of american workers.

    On top of the millions of jobs lost due to the failure of the US auto industry.

    Both causing the loss of millions of other jobs. It's a downward spiral. Every job lost burdens another worker to support the unemployed worker, leveraging the loss.

    It will be years before you reach the bottom, and by then the US middle class will be long gone. Those will become poor. In turn, the poor will become destitute. The destitute will become desperate. And the desperate are dangerous, especially when there are a lot of them.

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