In short; they're in trouble. That's why you should never ever put all your eggs in one basket. As I noted in this post: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3

In short; they're in trouble. That's why you should never ever put all your eggs in one basket. As I noted in this post: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=369994 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=369994 my family has already been hurt by this. My Dad was laid off, my Grandpa was forced in to retirement. My other Grandpa lost his job. One of my Uncles who did supplies sales was laid off. Only one of the above actually worked at one of the US car companies - the rest were part of the supplies/small businesses.