Or citi, b of a...etc. I do believe that failing entities should fail and government shouldn't bail businesses out. However, not after you bring them back to life. Someone would have been happy to buy GM, all big banks, etc, for less than pennies on the dollar, re-orged the debt, disband unions, start fresh, etc. Names like Kennedy, Hilton, Rockefeller took advantage of the depression and never looked back.