12:36 pm Wed May 25, 2011  Were the auto bailouts worth it?
(poll)  Credit Steve Carmody The 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee has
won awards and is one of the vehicles contributing to Chrysler's
resurgence. The company announced that it paid off it's TARP
loans yesterday. Today, a public radio program is asking whether
the bailouts were worth it.  It's your turn to chime in on the
auto bailouts - online or on-air.  Today, in the second hour of
the public radio call-in program Talk of the Nation, host Neal
Conan will ask the question "was the auto industry bail out
worth it?"  It will air on Michigan Radio today at 3 p.m.
Here's how the show's producers phrase the question:  When
taxpayers bailed out GM and Chrysler, many complained it was
waste of money, and not the right role of government. Now,
Chrysler pays off the last of its $10 billion loan with
interest. After GM paid down billions that it borrowed from the
US treasury. The auto industry bail out-- was it worth it? Next
Talk of the Nation from NPR News.  You