This week's cartoon featured in The Washington Post is definitely targeting the automobile makers and factories in Detroit, Michigan who think they deserve a huge bail out from the government from a depressing debt. The cartoon shows tires marks in circles off of a road and a car marked "Detroit" crashed into a tree with a man climbing out with a bottle in his hand saying "I have a plan!" Then there is a small man in the corner that might represent a Congressman, or some significant other, who doesn't seem to care. The man inside the car seems to be a CEO of an auto company who has been living life gloriously, not having to worry about money or problems, until now with the entire economy crashing.
I do not think that the auto companies should be bailed out for any reason whatsoever. They aren't going to make any money from the people even if they get bailed out. What the government needs to do is figure out a way to bail out smaller successful businesses who in turn would be able to pay for things such as a new car. The auto companies say they need money for production and jobs, but why do you need production if you aren't selling anything to begin with!? Keeping jobs on the other hand is semi reasonable, but sorry, they shouldn't get anything handed to them because a lot of Americans are losing jobs. If anything, bail out businesses at the bottom, or even at the middle, but most definitely not at the top.
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