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“Soviet Joe” Biden Bails Out US Auto Industry With Up To $12 Billion In Loans/Grants As Green Energy Mandates Crush Auto Industry (Shades Of Banking Crisis, Another Federally Created Monster!)
Confounded Interest ^ | 09/03/2023 | Anthony B. Sanders

Posted on 09/03/2023 7:56:39 AM PDT by Kaiser8408a

Soviet Joe Biden, who is a believer in Soviet-style command economies where rather than rely on free market capitalism, we now have CC (Crony Communism) running the US economy. Into the ground. But in the tradition of bad Federal policiies, Soviet Joe and Energy Secretary Granholm (with help from Congress) mandate green energy transition at all costs, watch the auto industry suffer, then bail them out. Sounds a lot of like the banking crisis of 2008 where The Federal government pushed homeownership until it helped almost collapse the banking sector, then the Federal government bailed out the banks. Rinse, repeat, bailout. And the bailout of banks in going! (Notice that The Fed has barely shrunk its $8+ trillion balance sheet!).

Automakers are looking to finish the week with strength after it was announced on Thursday that the Biden administration would be making “up to $12 billion” available to retrofit facilities to make both EVs and hybrids.

The money will include $10 billion from a US Energy Department loan program for clean vehicles and an additional $3.5 billion in financing to expand domestic battery manufacturing, according to Bloomberg.

However, we’ve seen this “bailout” business model to save jobs before – at banks and during Covid, to name two examples – and it always winds up turning into a company cash grab before ultimately firing workers regardless.

The Biden administration continues to aim for half of all vehicles on the road being EVs by 2030.

Oh and now that UAW Boss seeks 46% raise and 32-hour work week. Reminds me of Federal student loans where students run up massive amounts of debt to major in useless degrees like political “science” and gender/race studies, yet universities hire more admininstrators.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Food; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: automotive; autos; bailout; banking; bidenomics; fed; fjb
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Biden loves spending billions on Ukraine, UAW cronies, big pharma, but not Maui or the middle class.
1 posted on 09/03/2023 7:56:39 AM PDT by Kaiser8408a
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To: Kaiser8408a

Where is Joe getting all this money. Isn’t THE HOUSE, or CONGRESS the branch of gov’t that has control of the purse strings?


2 posted on 09/03/2023 7:57:49 AM PDT by rovenstinez ( )
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To: Kaiser8408a

Green now means SCAM


3 posted on 09/03/2023 8:01:53 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Kaiser8408a

The dumbest ideas do the most damage. That’s their motivation. Destroy us with flawed state projects supported by state propaganda. Question it and they cancel you and prosecute you.


4 posted on 09/03/2023 8:08:04 AM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) My dog Sam eats purple flowers.)
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To: butlerweave; Kaiser8408a
butlerweave :" Green now means SCAM "

The government is again picking the winners and losers as they did during their covid crisis .
It used to be, according to the movie, : " Follow the Money"
Now it is changed to : "What is the source of the money"
They are now robbing Peter in order to pay Paul ?!
Did 'Slo Joe' start investing his 10% for the big guy ? Not likely !
We should investigate which members of the administration are investing their own money.

5 posted on 09/03/2023 8:15:34 AM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt
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To: rovenstinez

Isn’t THE HOUSE, or CONGRESS the branch of gov’t that has control of the purse strings?

************

Only in theory. The Republicans talk about cutting spending but they are not really interested in doing anything about it.


6 posted on 09/03/2023 8:18:37 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: blackdog

They also buy lots of votes with all their spending. Not their money, mind you, but taxpayer and borrowed money.


7 posted on 09/03/2023 8:20:01 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: Kaiser8408a

Just bought a new car and it’s not an ev...


8 posted on 09/03/2023 8:24:33 AM PDT by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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To: Kaiser8408a

Potential EV buyers should be aware that the EPA will be requiring CO2 capture/’green’ hydrogen for fossil fuel electricity production.

Electricity for EVs will be expensive in many areas of the country.


9 posted on 09/03/2023 8:38:08 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: rovenstinez

CARES Act.


10 posted on 09/03/2023 8:55:48 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: blackdog

Policies of sabotage.


11 posted on 09/03/2023 9:06:59 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Kaiser8408a

Don’t forget him bailing out the far-left Worthless Diplomamaniacs. By doing so, he also bailed out a lot of thieving universities and colleges. Education has become an industry for freeloading deadbeats.


12 posted on 09/03/2023 9:17:32 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Jock itch and toe jam are racist!)
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To: Kaiser8408a

Obama’s bailout of the unions part II.


13 posted on 09/03/2023 9:19:20 AM PDT by EandH Dad (sleeping giants wake up REALLY grumpy)
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To: rovenstinez

We knew and the automakers Traitor Joe would do this. MSM tried to tell us there was a “surge” in EV sales when it went 4% to 6%. Now the truth about the all problems is coming out and nobody wants them. The rats plan to regulate ICE cars off the road will take too long so Biden is giving them billions to prop them up the meantime. The rats use tax money as their bank account and the GOP let’s them as long as they get their beaks wet


14 posted on 09/03/2023 9:33:09 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: logi_cal869

“Inflation Reduction Act”...Manchin’s bastard offspring.


15 posted on 09/03/2023 9:48:03 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Kaiser8408a

A government cannot run its nation’s economy. Period, exclamation point. Now automakers have a lot of electric powered vehicles they cannot sell.


16 posted on 09/03/2023 9:56:04 AM PDT by popdonnelly (All the enormous crimes in history have been committed by governments.)
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To: Kaiser8408a

I thought the constitution said the house of representatives determines how much money can be used for things here in America Biden has no right to give money to the car company.


17 posted on 09/03/2023 9:59:53 AM PDT by Hattie
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To: Kaiser8408a

“US Energy Department loan program for clean vehicles”

Gasoline vehicles are already astonishingly clean. The emissions controls added since the first PCV valves in 1961-1964 have made cars incredibly clean.


18 posted on 09/03/2023 10:13:30 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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<>Where is Joe getting all this money.<>

The [wink-wink] “Inflation Reduction Act.”

Brandon gave John Podesta control of $350 Billion in walkin’ around money for rat enterprises and Leftist NGOs that will help steal 2024.

Taxpayers fund their own demise. Pretty slick.


19 posted on 09/03/2023 2:20:16 PM PDT by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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To: Harpotoo

#8 Just bought a new car and it’s not an ev...

You will be sorry when it does not catch on fire or cost you more in every way like those electric vehicles... : )


20 posted on 09/03/2023 8:28:21 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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