LOS ANGELES-In an interview with Popular Mechanics magazine, comedian and car aficionado Jay Leno makes a pitch for the Big Three. “We’ve given the banks $700 billion. Does it seem like anything has actually happened with that money? No. But when a factory closes, boy, you’ll see the effect of that right away. You’ll see towns go under and you’ll see lives ruined. That town will never be a manufacturing center again.”MORE

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