I would have kicked him out on the spot.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/03/an-american-auto-bailout-for-france/
Attention U.S. taxpayers: You now own a piece of a French car company that is drowning in red ink.
That’s right. In a move little noticed outside of the business pages, General Motors last week bought more than $400 million in shares of PSA Peugeot Citroen – a 7 percent stake in the company.
Because U.S. taxpayers still own roughly one-quarter of GM, they now own a piece of Peugeot.
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In other words, General Motors essentially just dumped more than $400 million of taxpayer assets on junk bonds.