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Old 11-26-2018, 05:32 PM
 
Location: Buckeye, AZ
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Ford needed money during the great recession too. It's just that they had lined up loans just ahead of the crash. By the time GM applied for loans the banking system was locked up and no one was lending.

Ken
Seems legit but some people won't accept that no matter what.

 
Old 11-26-2018, 05:35 PM
 
Location: Salisbury,NC
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I guess that new NAFTA, Trump claimed would solve all the problems, did not work.


Trump wrong again.
 
Old 11-26-2018, 05:42 PM
 
Location: Stasis
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Today Trump boasted that his administration has "found the magic wand" for manufacturing in the United States.
 
Old 11-26-2018, 05:45 PM
 
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What is a black town rapper car? And I'm being serious, I would like to know.
Its not the car, its the "black". Someone had nothing else to say other than to blame black people because the bigot was fighting to get out for 15 pages. They had no knowledge to contribute to this thread otherwise.
 
Old 11-26-2018, 05:53 PM
 
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Originally Posted by katzpaw View Post
We didn't "give" GM billions in bailouts, They were loans that were paid back.

Hogwash. Most of the money was simply not called loans. US bought a penny stock (GM) for hundreds of times its value-and only recovered around half the phony value.
 
Old 11-26-2018, 05:55 PM
 
Location: Morrison, CO
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Originally Posted by BobNJ1960 View Post
Hogwash. Most of the money was simply not called loans. US bought a penny stock (GM) for hundreds of times its value-and only recovered around half the phony value.
The Stockholder (owners) got screwed, and the UAW and other unions got paid off for helping Obama get elected.
 
Old 11-26-2018, 06:15 PM
 
Location: Charleston, SC
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Make your Chevy's great again and then your plants won't close. Are they in the handout line for bailout #2?
 
Old 11-26-2018, 06:20 PM
 
Location: Just over the horizon
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GM's issues have nothing to do with Trump.

They already got bailed out once because they couldn't figure out how to build cars that people actually want to buy.

Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it.
 
Old 11-26-2018, 06:30 PM
 
Location: Just over the horizon
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Originally Posted by trobesmom View Post


If Trump had lost the election, would that make you want to buy an ugly, piece of crap Chevy?
 
Old 11-26-2018, 06:31 PM
 
Location: Midwest
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GM's issues have nothing to do with Trump.

They already got bailed out once because they couldn't figure out how to build cars that people actually want to buy.

Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it.
The tariffs that Trump imposed sure didn't help GM!

GM Says Tariffs on Auto Imports Could Hurt Its Business, Drive Up Car Prices
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