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After years of little to no hiring the Chrysler plant that is located just south of the Wisconsin border in Illinois has put on 3 full shifts and is hiring like crazy. Suddenly 100s of people in our small city are working and so relieved and happy that it is lifting the spirits of everyone. There are hundreds of thousands of people who are so grateful for the auto bailouts which actually produced jobs for so many. Compare that to the bailouts of Wall Street that resulted only in large bonuses for the very people that destroyed our economy.
^^precisely.
I have more of an issue with Alec baldwin doing ads for Capital One subprime credit....
Good to know some auto workers have gotten their jobs back. How many new jobs have been created by Wall Street traders?????????????
He was simply promoting USA, and if that equates to promoting Obama, then so be it.
I agreed with you till he started sounding like he was pulling for the next bailout whoever it is for.
I loved Eastwood's part in Gran Torino and he sounded so much like that old geezer in this one. BTW, that old fart worked for Ford so maybe they are getting ready to take some bail out money.
Chrysler has been running similar ads for a couple of years now----previous ones were narrated by Emeninem.
Their theme has been consistent the past couple of years in the adds----that Detroit is now rolling and the ball is in their court.
I dont gauge any politicism in the adds either----to do so is a stretch.
They have been pounding the theme of the comeback of American labor, hard work, and creativity-----if that is contrued as politicism by some----so be it.
Hmmmm, labor unions and Obama. Doesn't that sound a bit like what was being said in the commercial?
Translation: It's time to put aside our differences and move the country into the right direction.
Put aside our differences, you say? Why sure we can do that just as soon as those of us who don't care for Obama go along with him. You know in his "My way or the highway" kind of dealing?
Put aside our differences, you say? Why sure we can do that just as soon as those of us who don't care for Obama go along with him. You know in his "My way or the highway" kind of dealing?
Put aside our differences, you say? Why sure we can do that just as soon as those of us who don't care for Obama go along with him. You know in his "My way or the highway" kind of dealing?
No, we should put aside our differences and quit using tired lines like
"Tax the rich" and "socialist programs"
Mention specifics, why they should be cut, and what the benefit to cutting them would be.
Instead liberals just scream "Taxes should be higher on the rich", without fully understanding the tax system, and republicans scream "socialist programs", when in fact most Americans, by overwhelming majorities support most of them.
So, we can move on when we get specific. The BS political one liners do nothing to move the country forward, nothing.
It was not a political ad. I don't personally support bailouts, but 1.3B was pretty cheap to be honest with you. Bush threw 135 billion at AIG and we'll never see that again either. Crystler will pay tax in US, and the people employed by them will pay tax, and people will pay tax on the cars they buy, so it is not entirelly correct to say it will never be repaid. The counrty is better off with Chystler in business, than out of business.
which entity has paid back more, AIG or chrysler?
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New York (Reuters) - American International Group (AIG.N) repaid another $6.9 billion of its bailout on Tuesday, the U.S. Treasury said.
There must be a sweet taste of revenge in Motor City these days, what with Chrysler having successfully raised $7.5 billion by selling bonds to Wall Street. Sure, the Fiat-run American automaker had to pay a stiff interest rate, but it did manage to raise money from the same folks who balked at taking a haircut when Chrysler was desperately trying to restructure its loans during the financial crisis. The Street eventually took a scalping then, and now it stepping back up to buy again. (They never learn, do they?) Chrysler used the money to pay off $5.9 billion to the U.S. government, and $1.7 billion to Canada, more than six years ahead of schedule
Here is the answer to those who want to claim that Chrysler did not pay back the bail out money.
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