Laying idle is exactly what they're already doing.
So, we're back to tax cuts? Buried in the back yard or invested in Mongolian condos, either way it's pretty useless compared with a minor investment in taxes that could go to helping people back to work so they can buy his products.
Cut enough wages and benefits and this guy's print shop ain't going to be around for long!
Were you thinking that reducing "consumption" through wage cuts and layoffs were the key to restoring prosperity? Tell us more. Tell us how this is working out in the countries right now that are going through the kind of structural austerity you're advocating for here. Tell us how we'd be better off now if we'd followed your advice to allow GM to crater.
The only one who believes in magic here is you. The examples of state spending (even deficit spending) resulting in net positives for society (and capitalism) are legion. What there aren't examples of are companies hiring workers when people aren't buying anything.