Should the US bailout the big three automakers?

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Hey Bruce, 2 or 3 million out of work...um, no. Let them fail hard, then go through Chapter 11, clear out the crap, redesign and cut the fat (Yeah, that means no more Crown Vic, Hummer H-whatever, Mercury...and a good number of other wastes of resources). Then, they hire back all those employees who WANT to work, for wages that reflect the amount of work they do (check Honda/Toyota wage models for example). Then, cut some of the 14000 dealers (gee, there are four Ford Dealers, three Chevrolet Dealers and three Dodge dealers in a 10 mile area here...to one Honda and one Toyota dealer). Then give them some money to restart, tell GMAC to get a life (sorry, again bad loans are more of a problem them they want to talk about in public). As for the UAW, I live near a couple UAW plants, took a tour to see a Dodge power plant factory...then went and saw the new Honda plant, let's just say, alot less employees working for less at the Honda, with tighter quality standards, period.