tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33029962.post6047054306916388592..comments2023-10-28T08:04:25.241-05:00Comments on Long Live the Public Schools!: Bailing on the US Auto IndustryVillage Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10299021164466991478noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33029962.post-34922472394802901232008-11-11T01:45:00.000-05:002008-11-11T01:45:00.000-05:00The same thing happened in the 70's when the first...The same thing happened in the 70's when the first gas crisis hit and we all had to wait in line. No one wanted and American gas guzzler any more and were snapping up the gas sipping Japanese cars (I had a gas sipping German car).<BR/><BR/>A few years later we had to bail out Oldsmobile. But after that everyone got complacent again and the cars turned into SUV's and got bigger and bigger.<BR/><BR/>I tried to tell everyone that gas prices were going to go up again and they would regret having those cars but no one listened.<BR/><BR/>If we have to keep bailing these companies out we should have a say on how they do business.<BR/><BR/>Good luck on your new gas sipper. I'd rather have a Prius but as you said, twice the price.KevinBBGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00564925623767566081noreply@blogger.com