2. Jessica Ferrell Mrs. Pugh Advanced English 12 September 9, 2009 B IG T HREE B AILOUT ? NO

3. W HY ?  To keep the economy from going deeper in debt  Owners don’t know how to spend the money $$  Ford, GM, and Chrysler will not make fuel efficient cars

4. O WNERS  Take money for executive bonuses  Refuse to arrive in eco-friendly cars

5. O WNERS Robert Nardelli, Chrysler Rick Wagoner, GM Alan Mulally, Ford

6. O WNERS  When The Big Three owners arrived in Washington, D.C. to ask for more money they came in on private jets Gulfstream IV

7. F UEL E FFICIENCY  The Big Three refuses to make fuel efficient cars  They make big gas guzzling vehicles that are not turning a profit  People demand a vehicle with better gas mileage as prices for gas continue to rise

8. C ARS & T RUCKS  Pickups and SUV are a major profit loss Pick ups and SUVs do not get good gas mileage and the cost of gas is rising

9. O UR ECONOMY  With our economy struggling we seriously need to keep all the money we can get  People are losing their jobs  Cost of living is going up

10. MONEY  The Big Three have problems dealing with money they tend to:  Buy executive planes  Keep money for executive bonuses

11. E MPLOYEES  Because The Big Three is struggling its having to layoff workers  Employees are struggling when they are laid off because money is tight

12. J OBS & M ONEY

13. W AGES The Big Three  Pays workers $70 dollars an hour Foreign Competition  Pays workers $45 to $48 dollars an hour

14. M ONEY L OSS  GM has spent 2 billion dollars getting rid of Oldsmobile  Ford lost 14.6 billion dollars  Chrysler has the largest profit lost Can we really trust The Big Three with more money?

15. B AILOUT By bailing out companies like The Big Three and Wall Street it shows other companies in financial trouble that the United States will bail them out too!!

16. W HERE IS THE MONEY COMING FROM ?  The money used to bailout business comes from YOU  Paying taxes

17. W HERE HAS OUR MONEY GONE ?  Goes to the owners of the auto industry  United Auto Workers (UAW)  Former Employees who are under a contract

18. W HERE HAS OUR MONEY GONE ?

19. W HERE SHOULD IT GO ?  People who severely need help  Retirement  Medicaid  Schools

20. W HAT CAN WE DO ?  We as citizens can ask the government to stop spending money on the auto industry  The U.S. has more serious problems to deal with

21. Should we bailout The Big Three?