by Laura Conaway

Sylvia in Wilmington heard the podcast last week in which we called Chrysler's plans to shut down for a month a sign the economy is still contracting. She writes:

[The podcast] mentioned the one-month auto shutdown. It did NOT mention that at this time of year there is normally a 2-week shutdown, so the incremental shutdown, while bad, is not one month.

 

it also did not discuss the possibility that this is a tactical move on the part of the auto industry—- see what will happen if you dont bail us out, want some more?— like Clintons government shutdown which served admirably to get Gingrich to quit fooling around and play ball. Just a couple of short phrases touching on these two things would have gone a long way toward more credible reporting.