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Apathy and Ignorance are Detroit’s Worst Enemies

WASHINGTON (CNN) — A national poll suggests that six in 10 Americans oppose using taxpayer money to help the ailing major U.S. auto companies.

Auto industry executives testify November 19 before Congress.

Sixty-one percent of those questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey out Wednesday are dead set against the federal government providing billions of dollars in assistance to the auto makers, with 36 percent favoring such a bailout.

“Only 15 percent say that they would be immediately affected if the auto companies went bankrupt,” CNN Polling Director Keating Holland said. “Seven in 10 say that a bailout would be unfair to American taxpayers.”

It is simply amazing that so many Americans still don’t understand the importance of the Big Three U.S. Automakers in this country.

The Big Three directly and indirectly employ millions of Americans who used to enjoy a middle class living. These are the same people who buy houses and pay mortgages. They also used to buy new vehicles, refrigerators, furniture, tv’s, home improvement supplies, and many other durable goods that make up the bulk of the U.S. Gross Domestic Product.

They are the same American Workers that used to be able to send their kids to college.

When is this country going to understand that we need labor unions and domestic manufacturing in the U.S.?