Reply #11: Toyota and Honda aren't begging for money from the American government.

[Ganja Ninja]

GM and Ford are spending their profits in good times to expand overseas and letting their American operations almost collapse. Then they use the poverty excuse as leverage to get tax breaks, government loans and concessions from the unions. That's how they play the game. They know that America needs an auto industry as part of our national security. They're playing a game of economic chicken. That's why the government should require them to sell off their foreign holdings before giving them help.