Argument: US has successfully aided autos before; can do it again

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Bogdan Kipling. “Guest column: Auto bailout is a good idea”. Greenbay Press Gazette. 2 Dec. 2008 – “Washington has successfully propped up the auto industry before. Car makers demanded tariff protection — and got it. Chrysler asked for a bailout in 1979 — and got it. The bailout worked. Chrysler recovered and blossomed. Harley Davidson was on the block and Washington stepped in. The totemic American motorcycle is now a legend.”