They should have been "forced"?? WTH?

Great point!!! That will be their savior :)

I don't mean to say that my "community" is a fair reflection of the company, but I have actual facts and observations with which to form my view.

My community is in missouri and our local plant is expanding like crazy.

Why do you think you are paying for their insurance?

Where did you read that GM was looking for another bailout?

Again, how many of you work for GM?

Really???? It looks to me like they are expanding and building. Thats what I see in my community.

How many of y'all work for GM? There are a bunch of regular people, with regular families , goals, and dreams,with good kids at all of these companies. There are 10's of thousand of your fellow Americans who have the opportunity to go to work every day because of the bailouts. I agree that the whole idea of "too big to fail" is hard to swallow, but the hard truth is, these companies are too big to fail. I think the issue of the amounts that the bailed out companies have paid back is up for debate, depending on your leanings.