As a confirmed liberal Democrat I am all for helping the workers. But as the owner of a 1999 Ford Windstar I have a very low opinion of the US automobile industry. It's not the workers' fault--they're not the ones who (mis)designed the cars--but I don't want to give the management any more rope. So I'd rather see the government spend $250 billion on job-training programs for laid-off auto workers, etc., than $25 billion to prop up GM as a corporation.