GM needs to get what it deserves.  For the twenty years I’ve been in the trade their greed and ego drove them to the position they’re in today.  Up until now it’s been the suppliers making the sacrifices so GM could continue to feed the bank accounts of their corporate execs and the fat, outdated UAW.  How important were American jobs when they were taking technology and designs innovated here in the USA and handing them over to foreign suppliers for the last 15 years?  Those very technologies and designs are ones they’re now CRYING about having to compete against in the marketplace!!  They’re whining about having to compete with overseas manufacturers that THEY DEVELOPED ALL OF THE STRUCTURE FOR!!  They have essentially destroyed the possibilty of manufacturing to have a future in this country.  GM has been nothing but knee jerk reactions for as long as I can remember.  They’ve been 5+ years behind the market and had absolutely no concern about the future.  Their products are average at best and do little to entice the consumer.  They’ve made decisions continually assuming the government would be there to help them out and it never should have gotten this far.  Let them go bankrupt and let the UAW see what the real world is like.  Had they been willing to make some sacrifices and concessions in the best interest of their employers ability  to be able to compete over the last 10 years none of this would be nearly as bad as it is.  Ego and greed…the American way…..the outcome is inevitable….welcome to it.