[Bartruff1]

This is a Republic and every single action taken by the Gov has the effect, if not the intention of redistributing wealth to some group at the expense of the general public. there isn't a dimes worth of difference between the parties except that they tend to promote polices that benefit their supporters. There has never ever been a free market economy, we subsidize the farmers, the railroads, the airlines, the natural resource industries even the churches. Your marriage, your home and your kids education is subsidized by the taxpayers. Don't waste your time trying to identify some sort of loony tunes conspiracy to explain what has happened. EVERY COUNTRY that has a automobile industry subsidizes it, and so will we. This is politics as usual ......a contest between the intrests of the south and the northeast against the west and the midwest. I believe it is in our interest to have a viable auto industry in the 21st Century (Just like Airline Industry) and I am betting my money on it. I bought Ford at $2 a share of common stock and expect to make some money.