[Aut Pax Aut Bellum]

If we bail them out, they will produce more cars and lose more money.
Agreed. And they'll be five years behind what the Public wants/needs. And it'll be shoddily made.The worst I see is the government muscling in with their demands as the Lender, and we'll get real cruddy small Eco-cars (which won't sell). One sidebar-Isn't Chrysler owned by Daimler-Benz, why are we bailing out a foreign company?

[ex-snook]

One sidebar-Isn't Chrysler owned by Daimler-Benz, why are we bailing out a foreign company? "

It's all about jobs. If Americans are not working, they are not buying. The interest rate to banks is irrelevant. Washington is on the wrong track. There is no recovery without a job recovery.

[smallbiz]

“One sidebar-Isn’t Chrysler owned by Daimler-Benz, why are we bailing out a foreign company?”

I’m not exactly sure how it happened, but my understanding is Daimler-Benz bought Chrysler raped the company of most of its value then spun it off to a private investor.