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The short answer is that the nation can not afford to lose the million plus jobs that it would cost if the big3 went under. They are all in trouble, Chrysler worse than Ford and GM.
We have lost enough manufacturing and development jobs in this country through inefficient labor policies, it was only a matter of time before the related lame marketing and R&D broke the camels back.
I don't think the airline bailout and subsequent annual kick backs are directly related. The airline industry has been propped up and ****ed over by the government in rotating cycles for decades. Regulation is not always the best thing for industry, just ask all the dead airlines about government price fixing policies that drove dozens of second tier companies under.
-Tim
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