Should the White House bail out the auto makers?

The effort to extend $15 billion in loans to the U.S. automakers failed this week, but President Bush indicated that the admininistration would use part of the $700 billion authorized for the banking bailout to fund the automakers. Is this the right thing to do?

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Dean is lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. He covers video games, security, chips and a variety of other subjects. Dean previously worked at the San Jose Mercury News, the Wall Street Journal, the Red Herring, the Los Angeles Times, the Orange County Register and the Dallas Times Herald. He is the author of two books, Opening the Xbox and the Xbox 360 Uncloaked. Follow him on Twitter at @deantak, and follow VentureBeat on Twitter at @venturebeat.

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