Business: The Animal Handler

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GOVERNMENT REGULATION: I don't want to preside over a $10,000 Omni. But I don't see anything that's going to deter [the regulators] from making their appointed rounds. The way things are—and you don't have to be a mathematician to take $5,000 [roughly the present price of the Omni] and compound it for five years at 10% inflation rates and then add on all these goodies—it could be [a $10,000 car]. HIS GOALS: I really believe that if we can turn this company around, then I will have capped a career. I will have helped 200,000 people in their livelihoods. We are the biggest private employer in Detroit; I would have helped the city. They won't know it, but I will have helped GM and Ford compete more So what the hell more would you want to do to end an auto career? The only other option, I guess, was to take all my money and run.