People & Politics | What Happens if the Well Runs Dry?

German carmaker Opel is the latest company to have been pulled back from the brink of disaster by state aid -- taxpayers' money,in other words. Within the government,Opel's rescue package was highly controversial.German Economics Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg of the Christian Social Union was among those who had their doubts,favouring a controlled insolvency of Opel rather than an infusion of state funds. The Social Democrats begged to differ