Should the US bailout the big three automakers?

[Ron61]

Dwight,

You make some very good points. I still think the unions should be gone, but greed is what has caused the local Ford Dealership here to be on the verge of going under. Example, three weeks ago a man from out here went in and made a deal with them for a new pick up and he went back the next morning with the money to get it and was informed that the deal they made the day before was no longer good and they had to have an extra $5,500. He did what almost everyone here does that buys a Ford. He went to Corning which is about a 30/45 minute drive down the freeway and got the same pick up for less than the local dealers original deal was. I would never deal with this local Ford dealer and now they are really hurting as is the other big dealership left here. Three dealerships that had been here for 40 to 50 years have closed up. Now this local Ford dealer is on TV telling everyone that all of them pay the same for the cars and it is what they sell them for that makes a difference. Amazing that a vehicle that costs both dealers the same can be sold for thousands less just 50 miles down the road.

Ron