[NYer]

Don’t forget to add in the value of the thousands of perfectly good cars deliberaterly destroyed.

Not to mention that many of the jobs "saved" are overseas! Many of the 'American' cars are manufactured on foreign soil. GM outsources almost two thirds of its jobs overseas. Less than one in five GM vehicles are manufactured in the United States. Forbes article

[nascarnation]

Less than one in five GM vehicles are manufactured in the United States. .

If you had a company that was locked into UAW contracts (by the fedgov), you'd be looking to go elsewhere as fast as possible too.