So you think our government didn't know about Toyotas problems before the Cash For Clunkers program ? I believe we all would have known beforehand if so many Toyotas weren't built right here in the U.S.
To provide gov. assisted sales and steering the buyers away from Toyota at the same time might have prompted them to close all of their plants here.
I also believe any foreign industry would pull out of the states at the drop of a hat. They do us a favor by providing jobs here. Arragements, concessions, whatever you wish to call it, government is business. Business is money.