Maybe It's More Than Just Poor Management and Corporate Jets

Taxpayers for Common Sense had this to say --
The auto industry spent nearly $50 million lobbying Congress in the first nine months of this year.
And people tied to the auto industry gave another $15 million in campaign contributions...

Sen. Carl Levin, ... received $438,304
Rep. Joe Knollenberg received $879,327
Rep. John Dingell got nearly a million