tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748314449835758607.post9167912410927265695..comments2023-10-30T08:55:00.064-04:00Comments on Kodiak Pyramid: Car Czar: CrazyDK Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15803726073588442881noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748314449835758607.post-45023308636951510682008-12-11T11:38:00.000-05:002008-12-11T11:38:00.000-05:00In spite of my being a Dem, I think the car czar i...In spite of my being a Dem, I think the car czar is a bad idea, and agree that this is not the answer. Some Republicans in the Senate are arguing that the Czar wouldn't have ENOUGH power. What the hell?<BR/><BR/>I would give Ford the line of credit it is seeking, roll Chrysler into GM and also give them the money they need (we're talking $34B vs. the $160-some billion already given to AIG) and then hold them to certain standards. Fuel-economy goals met by x date or I call in x% of the stock, and things of that nature. If they continue to f-up and don't meet a series of goals established by a board of scholars - Wharton (business), Carnegie Mellon (industrial engineering), Rice (environmental and nano) etc - and businessmen from other industries/countries then the taxpayers get the company and you sell off the bits with the goals of recouping the taxpayer's money while maintaining US production and US jobs.<BR/><BR/>T. Friedman had a piece the other day on the development of electric cars paralleling the development of the infrastructure to make them viable. Interesting.Restless Nativehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02706411308856326216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748314449835758607.post-33205996482233392592008-12-10T16:16:00.000-05:002008-12-10T16:16:00.000-05:00Or how wonderful their cars were. Nothing makes th...Or how wonderful their cars were. Nothing makes the heart race like <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Lada_1600.jpg" REL="nofollow">Russian automotive engineering.</A>GammaBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14724627174828507827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748314449835758607.post-32968715609890896832008-12-10T16:14:00.000-05:002008-12-10T16:14:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.GammaBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14724627174828507827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748314449835758607.post-40297468606579331052008-12-10T11:24:00.000-05:002008-12-10T11:24:00.000-05:00Al, don't you know that central planning of the ec...Al, don't you know that central planning of the economy always works? Just check how chock full of goods the grocery stores were in communist USSR.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com