The Studebaker Avanti was a beautiful car. What became of Studebaker? Then there was Nash and Hudson that combined as American Mortors Corporation. All gone. Bankrupt. Out of business. That's been the history of automobile manufacturers in the United States. Once upon a time there were hundreds of such manufacturers. Stutz, Haynes, Hupmobile, Duezenberg, Locomobile, Crosley, Kaiser, Essex and hundreds more.

The government didn't saddle the taxpayers with huge debt to bail out any of these companies, so why do they feel it's the taxpayers responsibility to bail out the big three? Let them declare bankruptcy, reorganize, get rid of some of the excess baggage they've carried around since they had world dominion in the fifties. When the dust settles there may only be a Big One left standing, but that's the nature of the free enterprise system. We can do without an ever increasing socialism in this country.