Hey all,

     Oh this is mind blowing.  GM will be getting 30 Billion dollars for their bankruptcy, in addition to the 20 Billion dollars we (the taxpayers) have already given them, this comes out to 50 Billion dollars, ok that was the easy part.  There are aproximately 300 million people in the United States, that includes infants, children, adults and the elderly.  If you divide 50 Billion by 300 million that is roughly $166 per person in the US.  Multiply $166 by the number of people in your household and you will see how much you payed for GM to be able to go into Bankrupcy.  The average family income here in Oklahoma is $30,000 a year meaning that on average people make about $14.50 an hour.  So if your family has 4 people your family paid $664 or you had to work for free for 46 hours.  That's a week of your life, was it worth it?  Why are we paying to save a company that has been practicing bad business for decades?  The money is to keep the company afloat, why?  I realize that their are many jobs on the line, not only factory workers, but car sales people, maintanence, etc.  But if GM were no more, if we didn't reward their consistant bad choices and they were no more, people would buy other cars, maybe Ford at least they don't have their hands out, maybe Nissan, Toyota, or Honda, yes I realize those are not an American companies, but they have factories here in the US, those cars need maintiance too, body work, etc. the dealerships and repair shops would have to hire more sales people and auto workers to meet the demand left by GM for the other companies.  Yes it might hurt our pride here in the US, but it probably would hurt our pockets a lot less.  Besides all of the workers of these automakers that the government would have you believe we are saving are getting Screwed!  Losing their pensions, insurance, etc.  Who is going to bail them out?  I'm sure with the 50 billion dollars we gave GM we could have kept the GM workers afloat until they found other employment.  Ok this is mind blowing We gave GM 50 Billion dollars right?  GM says they have 145,000 employees, if the government gave each employee an equal share of the 50 Billion each employee would receive $344,827.59!!!!!!!  Are you mad yet?  Ok I just wanted to vent.  Thanks for listning to my Mathamatical Rantings.

Michele