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Federal bailouts and double standards.

Hello again, I'm Warren Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

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The White House says if Democrats can get their act together,

it's very likely the big three automakers will get massive federal assistance.

But auto workers are on a caravan from the Midwest to Washington

complaining they have to make more concessions than Wall Street financiers.

Is Wall Street more important than other sectors of the economy?

Does the U.S. need a policy for manufacturing, too, like Barack Obama's jobs creating

stimulus plan?

On reporters' notebook later on, more bad news for the news business in New York, Chicago, and Los

Angeles.

First, here's the news.

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Hello again. Warren, I'm in Alney. Back with To the Point. A bailout of the big three automakers

now seems likely,

but why is Detroit being asked for more concessions than Wall Street?

Today we'll look at the double standard for federal bailouts

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