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The Auto Bailout Payback
Capitol Confidential ^ | 8/3/2010 | Tom Gantert

Posted on 08/04/2010 6:58:43 AM PDT by MichCapCon

President Barack Obama went on the TV show "The View" and told the cast that all the taxpayer money his administration spent to bail out General Motors and Chrysler will be repaid.

Public policy experts talk about their take on the impact of the auto bailouts.

(Excerpt) Read more at michigancapitolconfidential.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: auto; bailouts; detroit; michigan

1 posted on 08/04/2010 6:58:48 AM PDT by MichCapCon
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To: MichCapCon; cripplecreek; MaryFromMichigan; PGalt; magslinger; grellis; Kieri; Darren McCarty; ...

MI ping


2 posted on 08/04/2010 6:59:25 AM PDT by MichCapCon
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To: MichCapCon

We won’t know the full impact of this bailout for 20 years.

My prediction is GM will be bankrupt again in 10 years.


3 posted on 08/04/2010 7:00:33 AM PDT by DManA
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To: DManA

But it may be viewed as a tremendous success. Again, it will take a long time to decide this accurately.

It is the height of hubris for Obama to be proclaiming “Mission Accomplished” in Detroit right now.


4 posted on 08/04/2010 7:02:14 AM PDT by DManA
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To: MichCapCon

—We’re only getting back the $60B we gave them. Not the $17B that Bush gave them.

It never ends with this guy.

This is IPO month for GM. tick tick tick


5 posted on 08/04/2010 7:06:21 AM PDT by ILS21R ("Every night before I go to sleep, I think who would throw stones at me?", she said)
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To: MichCapCon
Good stuff.
Especially liked the analysis by Russ Harding, director of Mackinac Center's Property Rights Network.
6 posted on 08/04/2010 7:18:25 AM PDT by MaryFromMichigan
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To: MichCapCon

They will pay it back easily charging $61k ($20k over MSRP) for a Chevy VOLT !!


7 posted on 08/04/2010 7:38:22 AM PDT by bt579 (Is government doing us more harm than good? Pruning the power begins with the Presidency)
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To: MichCapCon

When will the bondholders who owned the company and had it stolen from them and redistributed back to the unions get paid back?


8 posted on 08/04/2010 5:18:42 PM PDT by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
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