J-440, Not going to turn this into a Debate, but you do realize that we have been enduring the Worst Financial Deal since the Great Depression, right?
GM & Mopar got Loans from the Government (some came in trade for Company Stock).
I agree Companies need to be run responsibly. But would you have liked GM & Chrysler (and Bank of America etc) to gone Totally under leaving even more people out of a Job with Zero prospect of getting another one. If so, there would be enough room for the Soup Lines & a Civil War would have happened.
The Fact that the USA runs at a Deficit (meaning the Government loses Money every day), would you have the Government Shut Down & hand the Keys to the Chinese?
The Fact is, GM did not & has not Asked the Government for another Bail-Out..
Also Unions back in the Day were needed as Workers were mis-treated & underpaid. They kept asking for more until Pensions etc could not be maintained. That is what has happened to many Cities that have declared Bankruptcy - they are trying to get out from under Paying more to Retired Workers than people currently working.
I don't know the answer, but bitching about it & jokingly asking others to pay your Mortgage & cars isn't going to fix things. Or Maybe you are saying, that like GM, you owe more than you are worth! I don't think you want us to put you in a Work Camp to even things out!
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