Those foreign auto companies employing Americans in America (the Benz's, the Honda's, the Toyato's, the Nissan's who all just happen to be NON-UNION) that are capable of managing their balance sheets and managing cash flows..........they are just shit out of luck.
If you ever wanted to see an example of throwing money into a fire, this is it.
First of all, GM and Ford can downsize and operate in the red for at least five more years. This nothing but the usual gloom and doom that the media always portrays. The same story as this depression we are about to plunge into. Come Jan 21st 2009, the taxpayers of the U.S. will start cutting dividend checks to GM and Ford shareholders. Which the majority of shareholders being UAW folks. Big labor has the Dems in their back pocket.