Should the Big Three Car Manufacturers Be Bailed out by the US Government?

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Chart comparing Big Three auto makers to Toyota and Honda
Compares sales, employees, costs, CEO compensation, and 15+ more stats in this 144-point chart.
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I. Chart comparing Big Three auto makers to Toyota and Honda

		A.	B.	C.	D.	E.	F.
		GM	Ford	Chrysler	Big 3 Total	Toyota	Honda
1.	US Market Share as of: - Oct. 2008 1	19.9%	15.3%	11.3%	46.5%	18.1%	10.3%
1.	- Dec. 2007 2	23.4%	15.6%	12.6%	51.6%	15.9%	9.4%
2.	Global Sales: - 2008 Year to Date 3	$118.8 billion	$117.1 billion	?	?	$143.9 billion	$66.7 billion
2.	- 2007 total 4	$181.12 billion	$172.45 billion	?	?	$202.86 billion	$94.11 billion
3.	Global Cars Sold: - through Sep. 2008 5	6.63 million	?	1.18 million	?	8.91 million	?
3.	- 2007 total 6	9.37 million	6.55 million	2.68 million	18 million	8.52 million	3.65 million
4.	Employees: - Direct (US) 7	96,000	80,000	63,480	242,000	36,632	25,000
	- Indirect (US) 8	340,000	?	?	2.5-3 million	?	?
	- Direct (Global)9	266,000	244,000	?	?	316,121	178,960
5.	Revenue per Employee 10	$680,910	$1,837,925	$500,217	---	$830,043	$670,697
6.	Average Wage per Hour 2006 (US) 11	$39.68	$28.88	$29.15	$32.57	$24	$24
	Average Value of Benefits per Hour 2006 (US) 11	$33.58	$41.63	$46.71	$40.64	$24	$24
	Average Hourly Compensation 2006 (US Wage and Benefits)11	$73.26	$70.51	$75.86	$73.21	$48	$48
7.	Union Employees? 12	Yes	Yes	Yes	--	No	No
8.	Annual Union Dues per Employee13	$952.32	$693.12	$699.60	$781.68	nonunion	nonunion
9.	# of Legacy Employees 14	see footnote	see footnote	see footnote	see footnote	see footnote	see footnote
10.	Annual Cost of Legacy Employees 15	$6 billion	see footnote	see footnote	see footnote	see footnote	see footnote
11.	CEO (since) 16	Rick Wagoner (2000)	Allan Mulally (2006)	Robert Nardelli (2007)	---	Katsuaki Watanabe (2005)	Takeo Fukui (2003)
12.	CEO 2007 Compensation 17	$14.4 million	$21.7 million	$1 salary; full comp. not disclosed	---	$900,000	see footnote
13.	# of Plants (US) 18	75	36	23	134	8	4
14.	# of Brands (US)19	8	5	3	16	3	2
15.	Income Before Tax 2007 20	-$5.73 billion	-$3.75 billion	?	?	$21.96 billion	$7.60 billion
16.	Federal Income Taxes Paid/Refunds Received in 2007 21	$37.16 billion	-$1.29 billion	?	?	$7.61 billion	$2.41 billion
17.	Net Profit or Loss 2007 22	-$38.73 billion	-$2.7 billion	?	?	$13.93 billion	?
18.	Links to 2007 Annual Reports 23	GM Report 5.3 MB	Ford Report 6.2 MB	Daimler Report 3.7 MB	--	Toyota Report 3.3 MB	Honda Report 5.7 MB
19.	Links to SEC Filings: - Last Quarterly Report (filing period) 24	10-Q (9/30/08) 1.1 MB	10-Q (9/30/08) 516 KB	Daimler 6-K (10/08) 1.2 MB	--	6-K (10/08) 77 KB	6-K (10/08) 80 KB
19.	- 2007 Annual Report (filing period) 25	10-K (12/31/07) 2.1 MB	10-K (12/31/07) (960 KB)	Daimler 20-F (12/31/07) 4.3 MB	--	20-F (3/31/08) (4.2 MB)	20-F (3/31/08) (488 KB)
		GM	Ford	Chrysler	Big 3 Total	Toyota	Honda
		A.	B.	C.	D.	E.	F.