What kind of car does Jody Richards drive?

A New York Times Op-Ed contributor paints a stark picture of General Motors and lays the blame for the impending failure squarely at the feet of outlandish union pension and health care benefits.

The title of his book: “While America Aged: How Pension Debts Ruined General Motors, Stopped the N.Y.C. Subways, Bankrupted San Diego and Loom as the Next Financial Crisis.”

There is still time to keep Kentucky from becoming a sad epilogue to this train wreck, but we are off to a bad start.