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I live in Detroit where the meltdown of the American auto industry is up close and personal.My next-door neighbor Paul works for Ford, assembling bumpers. He works an eight-hour shift picking up one bumper after the other and bolting it on. He's one step away from being laid off, even though he has...

I've been against the whole concept of "government bailouts" of private businesses from the start. The theory was that we, as consumers, needed the government to prop up failing businesses because they were so vital to our economy. My personal theory has been that we need the free market do the...