I’d say it’s the right thing to do, though what will really matter is what the government does once it’s in control. This is what should have been done to the banks, in effect. Just take them over, put your own board in charge and go to it. As for giving the UAW a big stake, that’s only fair, as their pensions, health care salaries and very jobs are at stake, and indeed, the workforce will be cut by another third.
For banks, the equivalent would be to give depositors and bondholders a share, turning them into what amount to mutual companies (where the customers own the company.) Not the worst idea in the world, but it won’t happen.
[Source: Corrente]
Addendum: Apparently the UAW will get 55% of Chrysler. Clever man, Obama. If he’d just made the UAW eat all these concessions for nothing, he would have reaped a lot of hatred. My hat’s off to him on this one.