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[jwirr]

ramifications of the auto industry failure. The talk is all about the many companies that make parts for autos or sell them but it goes further than that. The people laid off from those jobs are not going to be shopping as much, going out to eat as much and a number of other things. I work as the answering service for a B&B and the economy is already showing in our bookings - imagine what the lose of that many jobs will do.