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The perspective on this is kind of funny. This morning on my regular rounds of the gym, walk etc... I stopped in at my friends hotel. Fresh watermelon juice, good stuff. Anyway he was reading the local paper. I could see it was about the auto situation in the US but my Spanish isn't quite to the point where I can really read something. Sometimes I read something and find out it actually means the opposite of what I thought it said. I asked him what the article said and he said it basically said the US government turned down the auto industry's request for a loan and that the paper was suggesting people buy as many US vehicles as they could. I asked why would they suggest that? The cars may not have any warranty or parts available of the companies fail. He said yes, but the paper says if the companies fail people will loose their jobs and that can start a ball rolling down a hill and that will cause everyone pain. He said the paper is reporting several government agencies in Mexico have placed large orders with American auto makers recently. Those orders were set to happen right after the first of the year but they're moving to place those orders now in an effort to help save those companies.
Granted this is in part due to the fact that there are several factories here in Mexico that either make or help make vehicles and or parts, so that's part of it. But I think there's a real concern for those US workers and their families.
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