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Originally Posted by pavulon
While I understand the sentiment, how much time has to pass before people get over something like this? I mean, I’m glad people have gotten past nazi Germany enough to drive their cars...and It looks like people have gotten past Pearl Harbor too...but Americans bailing out an American company? Oh NO.
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I am n the boat of not buying a GM or Chrysler product due to the bail out. The shame is I am not all that crazy about Ford styling these days. That being said I haven't liked the Vette since 1982 so never has one of the new ones been on my radar. great performance or not..
I wasn't so much opposed to we Americans bailing out American companies but I was opposed to the way the way in which it was done. First the people that buried those companies didn't loose a thing and many got golden parachutes, bonuses, etc. The part that really irks me is if we Americans (the tax paying ones) bailed them out where is the interest on my money or my share of the profits or dividends? Same for the banking industry. They lent money to people to buy house they couldn't afford. They get bailed out. The people who bought houses they couldn't afford got bailed out. The shmuck who was responsible got nothing. Also bailing out a few select companies and the unions that helped burry them is far different than helping to rebuild entire countries. Many if not most of the population in those countries had nothing to do with what their governments did.