And why the false dichotomy? It’s not anarchy vs. communism, there’s plenty of options for how we can organize our society such that everyone has the chance to look after themselves and their loved ones.

Govt has no business here, nor do they have right to give tax dollars to private companies to keep them in business… thats called a loan and it should be handled within our banking system. If they cant get a loan they declare bankruptcy protection and maybe another auto company takes them over (or not). Otherwise people need to move on.. yeah its hard but life isnt always supposed to be easy.

Anarchy VS Socialism…. I choose anarchy because Canadians are smart enough to look after ourselves and our loved ones.. I dont need Harper or Iggy or any other stooges to feed me my pablum.

You really don’t want a Volt. They’re a terrible example of a plug-in hybrid fraught with problems even in the prototyping phase (when they brought demo Volts out to showcase them on a promotion tour, they literally broke down on suburb-grade slopes!).

The Volt is also designed to be hydrogen-compatible, which is a big dead end that essentially delays production and ramps up the price with no benefit to the consumer.

There are other plug-in hybrid techs being developed by other car companies — and not just the big ones, either (example: AFS Trinity). Virtually all exceed the Volt already in performance and very likely will in price as well.

If you want a plug-in hybrid, buy one from a company that isn’t one of the Big Three. If you vote with your dollars, don’t send them to a company that had full electric cars a decade ago and then prevented them from going to market in favor of Hummers.

That said, there’s bailouts and then there’s bailouts. A loan (with interest) would be a reasonable way to spend tax dollars: the companies stay afloat, they keep the related industries up and running, and the taxpayers make a return on their tax dollars. Everyone wins, right?

I’ll vote with my spending dollar’s not my tax dollars. If the Big 3 can’t make a car I want or can afford, they should go out of business.

Period.

I want to by a Volt. Why are they waiting until 2010? I want more cars like the Prius or the Smart car. Where are the locally made, cheaper domestic alternatives to these?

But you know, I have my pick of about 10 models of SUV, eh?

Sorry, no tax money. Cut out the middle man here. I’ll happily give my money to Ford, GM and Chrysler when they make a product I want to buy.

No bail out. If they can’t cut it, let them fail.

Or do you plan to go after Circuit City and bail them out too? Cuz I would get a lot more use out of that…

The ironic part is, it doesn’t need to be as totalitarian as people think such control often is. According to some, a complete retooling of the economy to get the US completely off of oil in a short span of time can be done, led almost entirely by business for profit. (Summary here, warning, large video but well worth it.)

Of course, this assumes that conservative thought doesn’t dominate business. If that continues, I think we all know the result.