[Mulletbird]

Now, I think a recall on 2-piece cams and frame rot (as well as a few others I know of from work that I'm not allowed to talk about until ... hmm ... 2018) is a bit more major than the ones from Ford. I will stand by any American car.

Now, to get back onto the original topic - we need to do something, bail-out, buy-out, whatever. Either way, think about the economic effects of a loss the big 3 on Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, etc. Keep in mind, it's not just the jobs of the workers at the factories, but those at the supermarkets, cafes, diners, auto service stations, etc. that are on the line. Yes, the big 3 has not been doing as well as they should have for the past 20 years (as in they could've done better, could have forseen the disappearing SUV market, and if they saw that, they would have re-tooled their factories earlier) but then again, we can't afford to have them go out of business.

Now, should we set standards for them? Yes. I think the CEO's flying separate private jets was stupid and imo they should've been forced to hitch-hike their way out there with how poorly they've done their job, but we can't afford to lose GM, Mopar, and Ford. Now a buy-out of one company or another might be necessary (as has been said, we might not in the current economy be able to support 3 but 2 companies might be able to survive) but we can't manage losing all 3 imo.