The Big Three

The car companies have a case of schizophrenia when it comes to market forces. They talk about needing federal funding because without it thousands of people would become unemployed and the ripple effect would destroy the economy. This is a case of market forces working against them. They also talk about needing to diminish workers wages and cut jobs in order to be competitive and that government regulations impede their ability to compete in a global economy. This is the market working for them.

Maybe I am old fashioned, or new fashioned depending on how you look at it, but I do not see how the same argument (free market economics) can be used to support both sides. Yes, this is a somewhat simplistic analysis, but the crux is asking for interference in one instance and distaining it in the other should not result in a big payoff. I will say it, in this case the Republicans are right.