Economics--Auto Bailout Questions

After reading the article "Auto Bailout Aimed at Unions, not Companies," please answer the following three questions by commenting below:

1. In what way did the author best prove her point that the unions are the major recipient of the proposed auto bailout?

2. In your opinion, is it the union's fault for asking for high demands concerning health care and pensions or the automakers' fault for agreeing to those demands? Answer in a sentence or two.

3. Are unions a necessary tool in 2008? Or, have conditions and wages reached a fair point for workers, thus leaving unions a relic of the past?


Responses are due by Monday at 8:00 AM. Be sure to put your first name and last initial on your answer (ex: Bobby J.).