# Let gm die! **URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/let-gm-die/242571 **Category:** Shift518 Automotive **Created:** [March 5, 2009, 6:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/let-gm-die/242571 "2009-03-05T06:04:41Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 21
### Author: ![Alpine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@Alpine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alpine) #### Post date: [March 6, 2009, 7:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/let-gm-die/242571/21 "2009-03-06T19:33:13Z")
> [@50 Most beautiful people on Capitol Hill](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/50-most-beautiful-people-on-capitol-hill/15099/4): > > I’m against the bailout’s. > > I say that with this understanding: No Bail Out’s = Downsizing = Job Losses > > Now getting laid off is not fun, I know. I was laid off back in 1996 with 18 other guys, and it took me 2 years to get my job back. > > With that disclaimer said, a corporation being allowed to crash and then reorganize is the only way an economy can maintain it’s health. > > Throwing good money after bad is just that … throwing away money. > > Whether Republican or Democrat, Conservative or Liberal, the bailout plan is a bad idea. > > A temporary fix for a long term problem. I see things getting worse … Yeah, but they “bailed them out” and they are still obviously going to downsize and lay people off left and right :rofl Then again downsizing isn’t free, either… --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/let-gm-die/242571)._