New Detroit bailout plan

[emayer]

Funny how when the gov't at least tried to add stipulations to the bailout Ford was suddenly able to walk away....  Can't help but feel the whole thing is a scam for these companies to feed cheaply at the trough while the gettin' is good.

I may be in the minority here, but I am in favor of less regulation and government intervention.  The risk of this is that poorly managed companies will fail.  They should.  Let the people decide what companies or industries are in need of a bailout simply by taxing our personal income less so we can purchase products deemed as worthy.  Perhaps some sort of incentive to purchase American based products may be a worthy consideration.  Of course this will never happen because that would simply undermine governmental, lobbyist, union, and industrial power...  Better they choose for us anyway right?  Let's face it, capitalism is dying right before us.