So the Obama administration takes over GM, hammering bondholders, handing over huge chunks of taxpayer money and more or less calling the shots in GMs restructuring.
GM decides to reduce the number of models it offers and close down a bunch of marginal dealerships (2000 or so).
Local dealerships support local congress people, and apparently many of these marginal dealerships want to stay in business with GM even though GM doesn't want to be in business with them.
Congress then passes a law requiring an appeals process for dealers who want to keep the family together.
1100 dealers appealed!
GM has now decided to re-instate 600 or so of them on the grounds that it's less costly to put up with unprofitable dealerships than it is to fight Congress about closing them.
Meanwhile, the Obama management team for GM opposes the legislation and appeals process because (obviously) it is going to make it that much harder for GM to get a chance at someday being profitable.
So the executive branch tosses billions to bail out GM and the UAW and Congress then mandates that some of that money flow (indirectly) to unprofitable dealerships as well.
AAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!
I feel like Casey Stengel wondering "can't anybody here play this game"?