Reply #2: I almost go berserk when I hear

[spindrifter]

people claiming that the auto industry must be punished for its bad decisions. We cannot afford to lose this important sector of our dwindling manufacturing base and its related jobs. Why are people so short sighted as to want to exact punishment, when it is simply cutting off their noses to spite their faces, as my mom would say? We need to encourage the big three to make a success of their businesses--which means controlling some of their decisions--which Congress can do.