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...five top-selling cars in America are not "foreign." Many overseas carmakers build cars in the U.S. Why do these cars offer a better bang for the buck than GM's? The answer is with the United Auto Workers, who receive far higher pay and benefits than non-union workers in comparable jobs. As long as the labor bosses' power remains, Detroit's Big Three are doomed. President Truman stood up to the railroad unions. I hope Barack Obama will stand up to the auto unions. John Bucur, Wellington, Florida...
...auto industry execs want us taxpayers to save them? This taxpayer would really like to be able to buy a Motown-made vehicle without feeling as if I was paying twice for it, once at the car dealer's and a second time through my taxes. Richard Arrighi, Oakland, California...
Instead of bailing out an auto company that has not been competitive or innovative in years, why not give the funds to car companies that are doing well? Congress could require that the companies invest in the U.S., but other than that, let the market decide. Instead of throwing good money down a sinkhole, let's reward businesses that are innovative and give customers what they want. That used to be called capitalism. Carlos Gonzalez-Najera, BURLINGTON...
...Both have USB plugs that pop up at the touch of a button, switchblade-style, so you don't need a separate cord to connect them to your computer. Both have super-easy-to-use editing software (Kodak's is PC-only) that lets you snip together movies and auto-upload them to YouTube. The biggest downside: neither comes with image stabilization. At least not yet. (See the 50 best inventions...
...abandoned blocks in Detroit. The grade-school U.S. maps with the retro pictures, on Michigan's mitten, of Model T's and '57 Chevys. The headlines from the 1970s read like the headlines of 2008: The mayor of Detroit was in trouble. The Lions were losing. And the auto industry was disappearing...