Public Still Peeved at Auto Industry

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NEW YORK The latest development in automakers’ “can this industry be saved” saga — the dismissal of General Motors’ chief executive — has not left public opinion favoring a further bailout or confident in the companies’ survival.

In a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted earlier this week, just 23 percent of respondents favored additional federal loans to GM and Chrysler, while 62 percent were opposed, with the rest unsure. Nor is there a consensus favoring a proposal to take some of the sting out of automaker bankruptcy by having the feds guarantee their warranties.

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