If U.S. automakers are to be given more bailout money, we must be assured that jobs will not be sent abroad, as is the case with the Ford production plant in Brazil. $1 billion of bailout money has already been earmarked for a General Motors’ production facility in that country.

We need to resuscitate our economy, not stimulate Brazil’s. We need those jobs here in the U.S.A.

Massive changes need to be made in our tax code, tariffs, trade and import/export laws. And, most importantly, something must be done to reverse the flood of outsourcing jobs and the resultant loss of employment and tax revenue.

Paul G. Jaehnert

Vadnais Heights, Minn.