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On 02/18/2007 12:10, droo wrote:
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> On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 11:45:55 -0500, Gary Hedlin <superdak@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> droo wrote:
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>>> Why wouldn't the government let a Chinese company buy Chrysler?
>>
>> Look at Unocal. As soon as the Chinese company CNOOC made a bid for
>> it, there was such a huge outcry from all the greybeards who feared
>> they would use it to jack up oil prices (not that theyre doing it now
>> by buying every drop they can get). Or look at the Dubai ports fiasco
>> and how all the idiots got pissed that a foreign company was taking
>> over a piece of America's Infrastructure. Even though it's wrong
>> theres still a ton of people who believe the manufacturing industry is
>> still part of our infrastructure, and theres no way our government
>> would let any Chinese company take it over.
>>
>> Steven Colbert said it the best, their our frenemy. ;)
>>
>
> I don't see the security threat to a foreign company owning CHrysler. As
> one already does. Also all the other foreign Vehicle manufacturers that
> dominate the US market.
The issue isn't/wasn't with a "foreign" country owning Unocal (or
Chrysler), the issue is/was with *China* being that foreign owner.
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