Who the hell are these people - GM lobbyiests?!?

Nothing else I can think of explains why anyone would do this - "Group hopes funds help retain GM" - and yet they have a name for their group: The GM Retention Task Force.

Seriously. I'm thinking it works like this: GM pays them to try to get the state to get the federal government to shovel money their way. Then they either get their regular GM jobs back or go back to the GM mothership.

Then, when it all falls in the toilet again, they shake their heads and say the state didn't do enough to help them. 'Cause apparently getting a solvent business together is completely off the table.