Posted on 09/08/2009 9:50:49 PM PDT by Steelfish
Taxpayers face heavy losses on auto bailout
By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER, AP Economics Writer Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Taxpayers face losses on a significant portion of the $81 billion in government aid provided to the auto industry, an oversight panel said in a report to be released Wednesday.
The Congressional Oversight Panel did not provide an estimate of the projected loss in its latest monthly report on the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program. But it said most of the $23 billion initially provided to General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC late last year is unlikely to be repaid.
"I think they drove a very hard bargain," said Elizabeth Warren, the panel's chairwoman and a law professor at Harvard University, referring to the Obama administration's Treasury Department. "But it may not be enough."
The prospect of recovering the government's assistance to GM and Chrysler is heavily dependent on shares of the two companies rising to unprecedented levels, the report said. The government owns 10 percent of Chrysler and 61 percent of GM. The two companies are currently private but are expected to issue stock, in GM's case by next year.
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so now we will hear Obama want to fix Healthcare just like he did GM.
And the banks.
And Fannie and Freddie.
And we’re printing money like water and we’re expecting real serious inflation just around the mid term elections and beyond.
These people are BLOODY FRIKKING IDIOTS.
Idiots.
Gee...that 81 Billion dollars is down the rat-hole? Who’d have thunk it?
This makes my damned blood boil.
Giving money to American car companies when they are infested with unions is no different than sending money to countries in Africa to fight poverty when the dictators are still in power.
It is a big, black, rat-hole.
Sure, everyone in Obama’s administration is so qualified to run an auto company. The results should have been a foregone conclusion to anyone with half a brain.
I’m really surprised BOzo hasn’t “invested” the U.S. taxpayers in a buggy whip manufacturing business. Just can’t get enough of those “green collar” jobs.
The list, ping
GM and Chrysler are dead - it is over. Thank the UAW, Dems, regulations and liberalism.
The article blames the Bush 23 billion dollar GM bailout. I set the record straight on the comment box.
“Taxpayers Face Heavy Losses On Auto Bailout [$23 Billion!]”
Except... it was a union bailout. You really think Obama gave a damn about the companies?
And we were surprised by Bernie Madoff? Too funny(he says, as he thinks he is balancing his checkbook)
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