Quote Originally Posted by Nissangeek
\Between the three of them they employ approximatly 3.5 million Americans. If each were to cut their workforce by a third (which is likely if faced with bankruptcy) thats about 1 million people out of work in one blow. Then when production and R&D is cut, what happens to their steel, or glass, or other suppliers? They have to lay people off to make up for the loss in revenue. If the Big 3 to go down, the rest of the contry will go with them.

I read a while back that if the Big 3 were to go under it would cost more than 10 million jobs in the US over about a 5 year span. That includes the actual corporations, their suppliers, then the last to go will be the dealerships and mechanics.