Why do these auto manufacturers warrant a bailout?

[Lager]

What's up with the Gov bailing out these auto companies? They didn't see a need to prop up American Motors, or Studebaker or Oldsmobile. What kind of precendent are we setting here? The Government is going to decide which companies are too big or important to fail?

[OwlMBA]

We arent bailing out the companies, we are bailing out the unions because they have a lot of voters who pretty much do whatever the union tells them.