The Case for Kenosha

thenation.com — Less than a week after auto workers in Kenosha, WI, cast 89% of their votes for pay and benefits cuts they were promised would "keep manufacturing jobs here in the United States," Chrysler was forced into bankruptcy proceedings that President Obama portrayed as painful-but-necessary to give the company "a new lease on life." Then came the news about "the new Chrysler": the company, which had already accepted more than $4 billion in federal loans and which was maneuvering to collect $6 billion more, is preparing to use this largesse to jettison the Kenosha plant and seven others while ramping up production in Mexico.

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