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Politics Do Not Pass/Pass With Care. Today's truckers are far more educated and cognizant of the issues regarding politics due to the sharp increase in talk radio, and various trucking news media sources. Talk politics. Do truckers like politicians? More Political Sites: • Political Forum • Reform US Government •

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Mooney Road Train Member   Member Since: Oct 2008 Location: Rapid City Trucker? No Posts: 10,539 My Trucking Photos: 0 Thanks: 60 Thanked: 4,710 Times

Obama Loves Transparency, Well, Not When It Comes To The Big 3 There’s a lot of self-congratulation on the left about how open and accessible the Obama administration will be, but it seems there’s a lot of reluctance among his representatives to talk about the Big 3 bailout. In a meeting Wednesday with Senate Republicans, incoming White House economic adviser Lawrence Summers and Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel did not rule out using some of the second $350 billion in Troubled Asset Relief Program funds to aid the automobile industry. That stance did little to shore up GOP backing to release the money. According to senators exiting the meeting, Summers and Emanuel told the lawmakers they will use the money primarily to aid financial institutions and swore off “industrial funding” for other nonfinancial industries. But they excluded the auto industry, leading senators to speculate that another installment to the Big Three automakers is forthcoming. General Motors Corp. has received $10.4 billion from the program, while GMAC LLC has received $5 billion… [LINK POSTED BY MEMBER] Only Members Can View This Truck Forum Link. __________________ Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them.-Albert Einstein "When things look bad, and it looks like you're not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean. I mean plumb mad dog mean. Cause if you lose your head and you give up, then you neither live nor win, that's just the way it is." --the Outlaw Josey Wales

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