Quote Originally Posted by ilima View Post

I heard an analysis on the radio last night. I think I was listening to Marketplace. The analyst suggested that GM et al. are probably not going to be around 10 or 20 years from now. But the bailout will allow people to transition out of the the business slowly, hopefully preventing an utter catastrophe.
How many people, given the "option" of transitioning slowly out of the way of life the car industry helps to feed, would choose to change? I don't have the same level of faith as the government I guess. Change of this sort will eventually have to be forced -- and enforced -- in order to take hold.