It goes back to the time of Buddha, who believed that the mind should always be fully in the present -- not looking back at the past or anticipating the future.

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Government officials are not more capable than anyone else in anticipating or controlling the future.

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And is that something that, as this restructured and turned-around auto industry looks at the future a lower wage scale, one that does bring some concerns to those who are on the line now and are anticipating or trying to plan for their future -- is that the new normal in the American auto industry?

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And so, anticipating what may or may not come out of Congress in the future is not, I think, a helpful exercise at this point.

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