Another national public-opinion poll shows a large majority of Americans questioning whether the federal government should provide more help to the fading domestic auto industry. A Quinnipiac University survey released Wednesday showed 65 percent of registered U.S. voters do not believe the government has a responsibility to help the automakers, while just 31 percent said the government does have such a responsibility. The survey shows more voters question auto aid than do aid to struggling banks or to homeowners in danger of foreclosure, though majorities on all three questions said there was not a federal responsibility to intervene.
The poll is the latest of several to show weak public support for additional aid since General Motors and Chrysler sent restructuring plans and requests for billions of dollars in new assistance to the Obama administration last month. The government has a March 31 deadline to approve the restructuring plans or deem them insufficient; if they are rejected, the administration could recall the loans already provided, pushing the companies into bankruptcy.
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