First calls to bail out US domestic auto industry

[Jp!]

and I'm assuming a way to 'control' them; force greener design, IMO.

http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/feds-ma...5-cs9.html

"The American auto industry is in deep trouble and they may require subsidies," said Brown, a three-time US presidential candidate and former California governor.

"They may have to be bailed out by the federal government that has just enabled their inefficiency and their gas guzzling."

The auto companies are in such a mess, because they persistently refuse to build fuel-efficient cars, that they might find it financially impossible to do the right thing," he said.