Jobs and layoffs are workers benefits from government bailouts

By -史蒂夫 奥托

Chrysler plans to close a one of its plants for a month and will halt production at all 30 of its factories at the same time. The big three auto companies came to Washington to ask for a $7 billion bailout. The bail-out has failed in the Senate last week. The auto industry has been raising fears of job cuts and a possible industry collapse.

Also, according to the BBC News;

“DaimlerChrysler is to cut 13,000 jobs at its loss-making US unit Chrysler.
It also indicated it could sell or spin off the money-losing unit, which would unwind a troubled 9-year-old merger between Chrysler and Mercedes.”

As these corporate captains of industry claim to struggle for survival, there seems to be no concern for the survival of their own workers. Here it is the holiday season and they are begging for government handouts while many workers will either lose their jobs or have to take a whole month off without income. How will these workers survive.

It’s hard to imagine that anyone in congress can listen to the auto giants wine about their survival with a straight face. The gap between workers and these corporate leaders is so great it they’re actions make their cause look absurd.

President George Bush said on the evening news this is a hard time for those who believe in the free market. Even he admits the US free market has failed for the Auto industry. When conservative Republicans admit the market is in crises, then the US economy is really sinking like a stone.

In the short run there are no simple solutions. No matter what congress does the real losers here are the auto workers.