I believe if you do a search you will discover Ford did not take the fede= ral
> loans, but Toyota continues to take money for the Japanese taxpayers =A0 = =A0;)
Actually, Toyota does pay money to the US Gov't and state government for taxes. In addition, Ford was not offered federal loans. That's the results of my search. If my search were faulty, please provide evidence that I am mistaken.
Jeff
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> > You certainly are entitled to your own opinion, no matter how convolute= d
> > it
> > may, but the President was not about to let one of our last major defen= se
> > industries, and its 3,000,000 jobs, to go out of business.
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> > Toyota is in trouble too with a one third drop in sales in the US its
> > largest market. Toyota will be operating at a loss in a few months and
> > they, and all of the other industries in Japan, have been subsided by t= he
> > Japanese government since WWII.
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> > Commentary: America cares little about fate of Detroit's Big Three
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> > > Forget the politicians and their calculated "rescue" of Detroit's
> > > automakers. They won't be the ones who save, or kill, the Big Three
> > > where it matters most -- in the marketplace.
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> > > It'll be the real people, would-be customers who decide to give
> > > General Motors Corp. metal another look or who credit Ford's Blue Ova= l
> > > for trying to make it without federal help. Or it'll be the people wh= o
> > > long ago gave up on Detroit, who conflate bad experiences of a
> > > generation ago into sweeping condemnations of the companies today. >
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> But Mike why throw more good money after bad? =A0We both know that the
> D3 will be back again, begging bowl in hand for another bailout. =A0Why
> should tax dollars from a waitress in Duluth go to subsidize poor
> management-still-and UAW benefits. =A0One bailout is more than enough.