In interviews across the state over the last two weeks, criticism of the automakers’ request surfaced again and again. Many people said they had long watched Michigan’s economy strain and falter — in no few cases causing the collapse of their own employers and loss of their own jobs — and could no longer see why the Big Three should be singled out for rescue.
“How many other, small companies would like a bailout?” said Heather Davison, who lives in Davisburg, less than an hour north of Detroit, and has been unemployed for a year. “It seems to me that the car companies saw the banks getting a bailout and said, ‘Oh, let’s go!’ ”
Read the whole article in the NYT. One point it makes is that no opinion poll has been done on the bailout in Michigan. Why not? Wouldn't it be perfect to see what percentage of people in Michigan would prefer $34 billion in loans to Big Three versus $3400 in tax rebates to every person in the state?
(UPDATE: My original post should have said $3400, not $33,000.)
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