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RNC Reports the Detroit News: Al Gore Says Automotive Industry Is Threat to Civilization

19 October 2000

RNC Reports the Detroit News: Al Gore Says Automotive Industry Is Threat to Civilization

           Gore's Rush Hour Drive Toward a Global Environment Will
                    Turn U.S. Auto Industry Into Road Kill

 'It Would Be a Serious Mistake to Underestimate (Gore's) Determination -- Or
   The Possible Damage to Michigan Auto Companies and Their Workers,' Says
        Detroit News in Part II of Series on Potential Gore Presidency

    DETROIT, Mich., Oct. 19 For the second time in as many
days, The Detroit News said Al Gore's radical environmental views could do
serious harm to the U.S. auto industry and its workers.  In yesterday's
editorial, the mainstream Detroit paper said that Gore's environmental
policies, "would require shutting factories on a massive scale," and that the
"Vice President would press an environmental agenda at the expense of Michigan
jobs."
    Today's editorial - part II in the series -- says Gore's plan to push
global environment policies into international agreements would mean that
America's auto industry would indirectly subsidize foreign countries with
cheap labor and subject it to control from overseas. For the complete
editorial, see http://detnews.com/EDITPAGE/0010/19/1edit/1edit.htm .
    Today's editorial includes the following highlights about Gore's plan for
Motor City:

    "It would be a serious mistake to underestimate (Gore's) determination --
or the possible damage to Michigan auto companies and their workers."
    "Unfortunately, the Clinton-Gore administration has already committed the
United States to global auto regulation."
    "This cumbersome process will subject U.S. automakers to the dictates of
U.N. functionaries."
    "But (Gore has) already outlined his goals for subjecting the American
auto industry to control from overseas."
    "Manufacturers in countries where cheap labor already offers a competitive
edge would gain the added advantage of having U.S. automakers pay for their
research and development."