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GM Bailout Update

Mike

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The jobs saved by bailing out GM cost the taxpayer $10,000.00 per job. The way I figure it anyway.


The U.S. government lost $11.2 billion on its bailout of General Motors Co, more than the $10.3 billion the Treasury Department estimated when it sold its remaining GM shares in December, according to a government report released on Wednesday.

The $11.2 billion loss includes a write-off in March of the government's remaining $826 million investment in "old" GM, the quarterly report by a Treasury watchdog said.

The U.S. government spent about $50 billion to bail out GM. As a result of the company's 2009 bankruptcy, the government's investment was converted to a 61 percent equity stake in the Detroit-based automaker, plus preferred shares and a loan.

Treasury whittled down its GM stake through a series of stock sales starting in November 2010, with the remaining shares sold on Dec. 9, 2013.

At the time of the December sale, Treasury put the total loss at $10.3 billion but said it did not expect any significant proceeds from its remaining $826 million investment in "old" GM, the report by the Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program said.

The U.S. bailout of GM and Chrysler, which received about $12.5 billion, saved 1.5 million jobs in the United States, according to the Center for Automotive Research.

Last week, GM posted its 17th consecutive profitable quarter. Earnings, however, were hurt by a $1.3 billion charge for the costs of various recalls, including for faulty ignition switches on 2.6 million cars.

GM is under investigation by the Justice Department, U.S. auto safety regulators and Congress over its failure to detect the faulty ignition switch for over a decade. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is also investigating GM.
 

Steve

Well-known member
Not that I am defending the bailout/bankruptcy

it is a lot better then his record on the so-called clean energy projects

and much better then his welfare for all

and probably cheaper then paying them unemployment

and besides it is on the credit card... so it didn't cost US a cent...
 

Mike

Well-known member
Credit cards charge "Interest". Which will be our biggest expense in just a few years.............................

Looks like you have become de-sensitized by all his bad deals.........

You do know that "Unemployment" is insurance with premiums paid by the employer?
 

Steve

Well-known member
You do know that "Unemployment" is insurance with premiums paid by the employer?

yep and because the liberals keep extending the benefits, they fed has to bail out the now dry funds..


The Act included direct spending in infrastructure, education, health, and energy, federal tax incentives, and expansion of unemployment benefits and other social welfare provisions.

$40 billion to provide extended unemployment benefits through Dec 31,
 
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