Government stake
Grade: B
Ford: Assuming it can keep from tapping the federal till, it won't have any government ownership at all.
Grade: A
General Motors: With all the money the government has invested, it will own 55% of the company, and GM is already worried that Uncle Sam's interests "may differ from those of our other shareholders." The UAW is already complaining about a GM plan to increase imports from Korea, China, and Mexico and close more U.S. plants; whose side will the government take?
Grade: D
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