"Elle" wrote in news:Bks%k.4528$uS1.594 @newsfe19.iad:
Is any other Honda enthusiast struck by the U.S. Congress's
> and President's effort to shore up and nationalize companies
> that make terrible automobiles and have long promoted
> gluttony by consumers? Why not instead compel, one way or
> another, mergers with Honda, Toyota, and Subaru or Nissan
> such that they would agree to start new plants, employ many
> of Detroit's former workers, and fill the gap that the
> demise of Detroit's auto companies would unquestionably
> cause?
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That's essentially what the British government did with BMH (priorly BMC) and Leyland in the late '60s. The marriage was fatal then, and it would be fatal if attempted again.
Individuals operating within a governmental structure make stupidly bad decisions. Period. Full stop.
There is a /real/ solution, but it's one that is politically impossible, given how democratic politicians value their necks.