Reply #22: Look, we're either a "free market economy" or we're not.

[Tesha]

For years, the powers that be *INCLUDING* the management of the
auto companies have argued that we're a "free market economy" and
that they should be allowed to pretty much do any damned thing they
wanted to do.

And they did.

And now it's clear that screwed the pooch.

But it's a bit to late for these folks to now embrace the values
of Democratic Socialism just so we can bail out their sorry asses.
Yes, it's a shame about the workers who will be hurt; maybe more
of them will relaize the folly of being a "Reagan Democrat" (as
so many blue-collar and union orkers are) and they will, in the
next election, actually cast the Democratic votes recommended by
their union leadership?

Tesha