Closing Arguments: A Bailout for the Big Three?

Yes, absolutely. We can not let them fail!

Please bailout the big 3, our whole economy will collapse w/o them

I support the government providing loans to the auto industry if they can provide a plan to become profitable and the loans should be paid back by them.

Heck no! They blew it! Toyota designed the Prius, creating waiting lists of eager, loyal consumers. "Who Killed The Electric Car" came out in 2006 showing what GM did with their technology.

I personally feel that we should not bail out the auto makers. They can make less cars and make them more efficent. They have a tendency to be over priced. NO! Do not bail them out. They can find a way to get out of this hole themselves.

NO!

I personally think that if these corporations need that much money to bail them out then they don't need to be in business in the first place. Toyota is doing well. American car corporations pay thier CEO's, engineers, and workers too much in the first place. This is why I personally think they have become desperate for money. If you would manage your money right in the first place and put it in the right places, this wouldn't happen. I don't think we should bail them out.

No to ALL bailouts -- I want to know how much the "Big Three" paid their top executives in bonuses in the last year?? No company should be paying "bonuses" when they are not making a profit.

NO!!!

The automobile management teams (CEOs, etc) should first cut back their salaries before asking for the bailout $, it seems a bit ridiculous while they are getting high pays and everyone else suffering yet they wouldn't want to cut their own $ to help their own businesses? Hypocrite. (same goes to those who ask the money to then spend it on parties or bonuses...)

If the Big 3 go bankrupt, someone will buy the plants, etc., and produce cars for a much cheaper price.
The autoworkers and all suppliers will still have work with the new owners of the car factories.
Why doesn't anyone report on this? All they report on is that everyone will be out of business - Yes, that is true, just the owners and stock holders.

Do it now or pay heavily later

No way should we bail them out. They have been the fat cats for how many years. The only fair way would be to tell all the upper managment that they get no fat checks and no bonus's at all NOTHING!!

You think the economy is bad now, let the big three fold and we will all be on the soup line. Why bailout AIG and not the automakers when 5 million jobs are at stake.

Let them get what they deserve... they have no foresight... they should file bankruptcy and recover thru that channel if they can!

My brother went bankrupt as a very hard working farmer and family man in the 80's. No one bailed him out. His wife had catastrophic medical bills from a chronic illness at the same time. The government didn't bail them out. He died of a heart attack at 42 y.o. We need to bail out the working people in the middle class, not the rich people. The farmers are the heart of the food chain. There was nothing more important than that. The government is off track. Judy Davis

no let them file bankruptsy they mismanaged the business.Ceo heads should roll.

I don't think we should bail them out.

Yes. General Motors is asking for a loan, not a bailout...regardless if we lose the auto makers and all the associated jobs we are headed for depression, not recession.

The big 3 automakers should be allowed to fail. Only then can they get rid of the overpaid and ineffective management that got them into this situation. Other automakers are still doing well and opening new plants. What happened to the big profits they made when the economy was strong? Did they share it with the taxpayers? Why should they be rewarded for overspending on themselves instead of making sure that their business was in good order.