Hope this isn't a repost... GM seeks up to $30B in aid, will cut 47,000 jobs - Yahoo! Finance "GM is already surviving on $13.4 billion in federal loans and said in a 117-page plan submitted to the Treasury Department that it would seek an additional $16.6 billion if economic conditions worsen, but it could achieve profitability in two years and fully repay its loans by 2017...."