No, but they benefitted from it.
If GM and CHyrsler fell, FOrd would have followed,
Horse hockey. You have zero evidence to support this claim. Logically, Ford would have captured massive market share if GM and Chrysler had been liquidated, which I do not believe would have been the case under a normal, structured bankruptcy. Whatever may have happened, you cannot state with certainty that Ford would have folded, no ******* way.
because companies like mine that provide components for cars would have gotten out of the automotive business.
IF Chrysler had failed, other companies would have taken their market share, including the possibility of a new entrant. Your company, or a competitor, will sell parts as long as demand exists for those parts.
You guys cannot spin this situation into "Obama saved us" when so many other companies, even larger companies, have gone through bankruptcy and come out stronger...and they did so without ******* the bondholders, taxpayers, and Chrysler's competitors.