There was another news story about how union workers get like 85% of their pay for 4 years if they get laid off – so that news story forecasting doom and gloom for the Metroplex was probably off. As much as I like the idea of less government, it really is just an arbitrary line drawn somewhere that “this is too much” and “that is too little.” There is always some level of government involvement in everything, no matter how conservative you are. If not – you have anarchy as a political belief. So the question is – where is the line on this one going to be wrong? Is bankruptcy a bad thing – or will it cause the auto industry to re-organize and come back stronger? We’ll never know until it happens… but if we choose wrongly, and solely based on political beliefs and not on what is actually the best course of action – we don’t get a do over.