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Originally Posted by Rochard
How many jobs has the US lost this year? Wasn't it like 1.5 million?
How many does the big 3 have working for them? It's more than 1.5 million..... Imagine doubling the amount of people unemployed over night.
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Experts say that the job losses will be far more reaching than just the direct employees of the big 3 because there are many companies that manufacture parts for them that will go under and other companies that contract to them that will go under. Some say the real number is somewhere around 3 million. Others say that 3 million is a number a number created by the big 3 and is way over inflated. Either way I would guess the real number is somewhere between 1.5 and 3 million and that would not be good for us. Not only is that just job losses, but many of these workers have spent many years working for these car companies and when that job goes there is not another job like around so they will be forced to either take a much lower paying job in some other field or go back to school and learn something new. Neither of those is an inviting situation if you have a family and a life that you have built around the job you have. Chances are many of these people will end up bankrupt.