Good point. That's why I believe any boosting of the economy should not be directly through selected businesses at the expence of others. After all, is the mom and pop shop going to get any funding if it has to lay off employees? No. So why should the auto industry get it?
I believe that a more fair option would be to stimulate it by helping industries more indirectly. For example, by funding better education, the government would be crating a more educated workforce, and this would give all companies a more qualified workforce to choose from. If they still can't survive, then tough for them.
Good Call....stimulate the economy directly through the public with better education,
or directly through cash. Put $$$ in the hands of the public, and they vote with their
dollars directly to Mom&Pop operations or their own educations or a new car from
either the Big 3 or whatever makes sense to them.
If a business (any business) has a quality-durable-affordable product, people will buy
(invest) in it. If a business doesn't, then it goes away like the dinosaurs and the Dodo.