var data_277402={'imageid':'2752937','filename':'images/3/6/a/2/52.jpg','contributor':'Getty Images','title':'Detroit Area Economy Worsens As Big Three Automakers Face Dire Crisis','description':'DETROIT - NOVEMBER 20:  With the portraits of past UAW presidents displayed on the wall, retired members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) listen to details of their retirement accounts while they attend a monthly benefits meeting at the UAW Local 22 meeting Hall on November 20, 2008 in Detroit, Michigan. The Big Three U.S. automakers, General Motors (GM), Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler LLC, are appearing this week in Washington to ask for federal funds to curb the decline of the American auto industry. The city of Detroit, home to the Big Three, would be hardest hit if the government allows these auto makers to fall into bankruptcy.   (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)','photographer':'Spencer Platt','numofline':'2','status':'ok','publisherid':'4825','viralmenu':'true'}