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We never should have bailed the auto or banking industry, we should have let them fail. Making taxpayers pay for the mistakes of big business is wrong. We also need to end all corporate subsidies and cut all spending by 25%. Raise the taxes on everyone and pay down debt, until we do that the country will suffer.
During the 2008 global financial crisis, when GM and Chrysler went bankrupt, the union agreed to massive concessions in benefits, which included their pensions. The workers attempted to get their pensions back during the 2019 movement “Unite All Workers for Democracy,” but the negotiations failed after a 40-day strike.
Fast forward 15 years