[Tempest]

AAAAAGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

[TheWasteLand]

Shakes head.
Kicks can.
Walks down the road and off into the sunset, whistling.

[period end of story]

What’s next? Free meds for all?

[KingJaja]

British Leyland part 2

[ari-freedom]

it won’t work as the cars will still suck compared to the competition

[4.6V8]

GM is a 6 billion dollar company
Ford, about 9 billion.
Chrysler has negative value.

[Jim Robinson]

Like a snowball headed to hell. ~~Merle Haggard

Once the socialist snowball starts rolling, there’ll be no stopping it.

[feralcat]

Reagan was fond of saying, “Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.”

I guess we are into the “subsidize it” phase!

The financial bailout is supposed to be justified because the credit crisis could take down the entire economy. But what the hell justification is there for government giving cheap loans to save incompetent auto companies and their greedy unions?

[Caipirabob]

I'll never buy one. Ever...

[jalisco555]

Refueling the Titanic while the captain merrily keeps steering toward the iceberg.

[ovrtaxt]

This is the frustrating thing- these comapnies are in trouble because of over-regulation and unsustainable labor obligations. Now the same government who put them in this spot is going to throw our money at the problem instead of fixing it? great.

[Heartland Mom]

It appears government will never learn to stay out of it. The automakers need to produce cars people want at a price they can afford. Period. Works for Honda and Toyota just fine.

[bmwcyle]

Printing money can be fun. Yes you too can be a Congress money printer. Out of nothing you can create cash. Call 1-800- IAMATHEIF.

[Glenn]

"It seemed like a lot when we first started pushing this," says Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow of Michigan, one of the bill's sponsors. "Suddenly, it seems so small."

Right. Pocket change. A payday loan without all the bothersome compounding. Drop in the bucket. Such a miniscule percentage of GDP.

There's no stopping this train now.

[Gritty]

Get rid of the CAFE standards and allow drilling to start immediately.

These car companies will then turn around and hum like fine violins.

[starlifter]

If they need money why can’t they issue more stock (equity) or debt. Why do they need a mandated loan from the taxpayer?

Oh, wait! They have no market value and they are a bad investment. Let’s see, if the local pizza joint has no market value and is a bad investment, it closes.

I must be missing something here.

[TomasUSMC]

MCCAIN needs to sit down with the American People and tell them about all these things going on behind the BULLSTREET BAILOUT SMOKESCREEN.