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Week of November 16, 2008 - November 22, 2008

Auto Workers Are Not "Average"


A University of Michigan economist, Mark Perry, asks a really dumb question: "Is it right to tax the average worker making $28.50 to bailout workers whose labor cost is over $73 an hour?"

This is dumb because 1) Under Obama tax proposals that average worker won't pay more tax, while the private-jet-flying execs will, and 2) Why shouldn't auto workers make more than average?

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