Comparing Automative and Steel Industry Legacy Cost Issues.

Compares the increasing costs and competitive impact of pension and health care legacy costs on the automotive and steel industry. Discusses automotive industry efforts to reduce legacy costs; competitive splits in the automotive and steel sectors; the steel industry consensus on legacy costs; and C...

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Corporate Authors: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2006.
Series:U.S. Congressional Research.
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Summary:Compares the increasing costs and competitive impact of pension and health care legacy costs on the automotive and steel industry. Discusses automotive industry efforts to reduce legacy costs; competitive splits in the automotive and steel sectors; the steel industry consensus on legacy costs; and Congressional options on automotive legacy costs, including tax deductions, measures to reform the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., reductions in health care costs, and expansions in Medicare and Government health care insurance.
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