Now let's get down to the root of the big 3 auto makers problems

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The biggest problem the auto makers have is the price of their cars. But the big question is why are the cars so expensive? Grant you the Union demanding high wages for the workers is part of it. But, there are a lot of other things too that don't show on the surface. There are a lot of other company employees that are not even union members. Some of these draw huge wages. There is also an advertising budget you wouldn't even believe. A lot of money is just flat wasted in these companies. There are also a lot of other costs of doing business pay outs that I haven't even mentioned. The bottom line is every cent the auto makers spend for anything is at some point passed down to the consumer. That's you and me any time we buy one of their cars. That includes the multimillion dollar jets the CEO's use, the millions they pay for a single 30 second spot during the super bowl game and the thousands of other ways they advertise. Every cent of this is passed down to the consumer. Then our government is stupid enough to think that giving them a few billion will solve all these problems? No matter how much money you give them the forces that put them in this mess are all still in place untouched. They won't cut one wage or their advertising budget or do anything that will bring the cost of their cars down. They are doomed to crash and burn and they know it. Now they are just trying to milk ever dollar they can out of the tax payers. I say don't give them a single dollar.