Retired Los Angeles Unified School District employee, Jonathan Middleton, left, shops for a new Corvette sports vehicle offered for sale by salesman, Philip Jordan, right, at the Felix Chevrolet-Cadillac dealership in downtown Los Angeles on Friday, Dec. 12, 2008. With Congress gridlocked and the economy flailing, the Bush administration declared Friday it would step in and prevent the "precipitous collapse" of the U.S. auto industry and the disastrous economic impact of the hundreds of thousands of job losses sure to follow. AP Photo logo AP Photo 11 months ago

Retired Los Angeles Unified School District employee, Jonathan Middleton, left, shops for a new Corvette sports vehicle offered for sale by salesman, Philip Jordan, right, at the Felix Chevrolet-Cadillac dealership in downtown Los Angeles on Friday, Dec. 12, 2008. With Congress gridlocked and the economy flailing, the Bush administration declared Friday it would step in and prevent the "precipitous collapse" of the U.S. auto industry and the disastrous economic impact of the hundreds of thousands of job losses sure to follow.

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