What Washington does not do well is pick winners in the marketplace. What Washington should not do at all is prop up losers in the marketplace. What Washington does well, and has a lot of practice at, is reduce buildings to rubble, then provide billions in aid to the countries where it has done so. At a cost of only a few million dollars, or perhaps a few tens of millions, Washington surely could reduce the American auto industry's outdated infrstructure to rubble. Then they could start over and do it right. If Michigan has to secede from the Union for a while to qualify for this program, so be it. It's better than the alternative currently under consideration.
