But you're missing the point. The fact is that the Gov't had no right to step in and help any companies, doesn't matter if they asked for help or not. It tramples on the free market and makes us no better than China or The Former USSRs economy. The only time the gov't should be involved in any company is to stop a monopoly but even then that is questionable. The definition of Capitalism ( thats what the US is supposed to be)=an economic system based on private ownership of capital. Out economy is also supposed to be a free market which is defined as-A free market is a market in which property rights are voluntarily exchanged at a price arranged completely by the mutual consent of sellers and buyers. In a free market, individuals, rather than government, make the majority of decisions regarding economic activities and transactions, or could be defined also as-A market with unrestricted trading of goods, where the prices of goods are determined by supply and demand. These are the principles our forefathers used and expected us to use. It truly Sucks that those folks would loose their jobs, I feel bad for them I really do but they kinda put themselves in the situation they are now by using unions. Also the Automakers could use bankruptcy to help them out of this little pickle they have gotten themselves into. I continue to maintain the opinion of it is not my fault they built shitty cars, they could have based their business models on one that don't suck but they chose to continue to use ones that have been proven to fail time and time again. And now the gov't is backing and helping finance their warranties, but thats a different debate for another thread.