The Japanese auto makers do recieve government subsidies in the form of health care.
I'm looking for a link (as I don't provide unsourced data, unlike others), but I'm about certain some have been bailed out in the past. Mitsubishi was not even a vehicle company in the past, they produced weaponry for the Japanese military (most notable the 'Zero' fighter plane). Also, they did use slave labor during WWII.
When given the choice between big business and big government, choose big business. Big business never threw millions of people into gas chambers, but big government did.
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