But I’m No Expert

Dear Mr. Government,

My name is General Motors, my friends call me GM for short.  My girlfriend, Chrysler, and I want to get married and we’d like you to pay for it.  Why, you ask?  Let me count the ways…

1. We have a bunch of children together.  It would be a shame to put all those children out on the street.  What would they do?  They obviously can’t fend themselves.  There aren’t any other families in all of America who could possibly give them a home.
2. We have a bunch of houses.  It’s going to cost us a fortune to consolidate all those houses so we can live together.  Sure, we’re both bazillionaires, but we can’t possibly pay our moving expenses ourselves!
3. We’re both broke.  I know, it looks like we’re bazillionaires, but we’re broke, we promise.  We’re just going to count on love to get us through after we’re married.  Of course, this money we’re talking about would be a wedding gift, see?  Even if we get back on our feet, we’re not planning to pay your back.

Love,

GM

Doesn’t this sound ridiculous?  That’s what I thought when I heard that GM & Chrysler are trying to get the government to pay for the merger.  Don’t these people make money?  Pay for it your damn selves!  The government does not exist to insure that you can continue to do business, if you need more money to make it happen, get a loan, like everyone else.  I’m sick of these bail-outs and free government loans to companies that apparently don’t know how to run a business.  Let them fail.  It will hurt in the short term, but someone will come along and start a business that can produce good cars and make a profit too.  Then we won’t have government that’s pimped out and can do it’s job of protecting and governing, but I’m no expert.