{"id":13449,"date":"2008-12-09T10:51:13","date_gmt":"2008-12-09T17:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2008\/12\/09\/pay-us-now-or-pay-us-later.html"},"modified":"2008-12-09T10:51:13","modified_gmt":"2008-12-09T17:51:13","slug":"pay_us_now_or_pay_us_late","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/12\/09\/pay_us_now_or_pay_us_late.html","title":{"rendered":"Pay us now, or pay us later"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Bailout\" height=\"691\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/images\/auto-bailout.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I reluctantly, pragmatically agree&nbsp;with a bailout of the auto industry, for reasons previously discussed, but this is (bitterly) funny.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>You probably thought it was smart to buy a foreign import of superior quality, with&nbsp;better mileage and resale value. Maybe you even thought years of market share loss might prod us into rethinking our process and redesigning our products with better quality in mind. But you forgot one thing: we spend&nbsp;a shitload&nbsp;of money on lobbyists. So now you&#8217;re out&nbsp;$25 billion,&nbsp;plus&nbsp;the cost of your Subaru. Maybe next time you&#8217;ll buy American like a real man. Either way, we&#8217;re cool.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Maybe Congress should have offered to bail them out, but only if they&#8217;d let their little fingers be cut off &#8212; with one more finger for each return visit.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><small><\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boingboing.net\/2008\/12\/09\/a-message-to-boing-b.html\" target=\"_blank\">BoingBoing<\/a>, Doyce and Kate)<\/p>\n<p><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I reluctantly, pragmatically agree&nbsp;with a bailout of the auto industry, for reasons previously discussed, but this is (bitterly) funny. 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