Last week’s Chrysler-Fiat alliance cements a total federal commitment of $33.48 billion in federal loans and aid to the Chrysler Corporation, its suppliers, and Chrysler Financial. The billions were committed through last year’s TARP legislation and Barack Obama’s $787 billion stimulus bill passed in February of this year.

All you need to know about the dynamics behind the Chrysler-Fiat “Alliance” being pushed by the White House — and temporarily stayed by the U.S. Supreme Court on June 8 — is the following quote from a story on Bloomberg.com the same day: “Chrysler said the sale, which would transfer its Jeep, Chrysler and Dodge brands, would help save 38,500 jobs, plus those of workers at its suppliers.”  Put simply, the White House is driving the bankruptcy deal in order to be able to claim it “saved jobs.”