“Government Motors” is no more, now that the U.S. Treasury Department has sold off its remaining stake in General Motors. Taxpayers lost around $10.5 billion on the deal, which MSNBC’s Chuck Todd apparently thinks is just about as good as it gets.
Folks may disagree how the GM/Chrysler bailout was done, but so far, the result is as good as any liberal or conservative could have hoped
— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) December 9, 2013
Wow, those hopes weren’t very high, were they?
https://twitter.com/MetricButtload/status/410178947733667840
https://twitter.com/HernandezTony/status/410180818766548992
https://twitter.com/davidharsanyi/status/410179093917728768
.@chucktodd this was relitigated 1000x over during the 2012 election. Not true that the result is as good as could have been hoped.
— Joseph Lawler (@josephlawler) December 9, 2013
Government loses a cool 10 billion on bailout, @chucktodd is impressed: https://t.co/msvHNAdYeY
— Dave Rubin (@RubinReport) December 9, 2013
https://twitter.com/Twin66/status/410179214328217600
@thegreatbobo @chucktodd hmm, you sure about that? Delphi retirees and bondholders were gutted – lawlessly and with political malice.
— Tampa (@S1CT) December 9, 2013
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https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/410179752083738624
@chucktodd If losing $10.5 billion to pay off a core constituency of rival party is best "we" can hope for, then "we" are rightly screwed.
— HB (@EYA10) December 9, 2013
@chucktodd Except for the creditors whose rights were abrogated. And the co's that might have put GM assets to better use. And the taxpayer.
— Benjamin Weingarten (@bhweingarten) December 9, 2013
@chucktodd Stupid is as stupid does. Going thru bankruptcy court w/have saved billions in taxpayer $ & resulted in a leaner, healthier co
— The Storm is Here – Be Not Afraid (@CalFreedomMom) December 9, 2013
@chucktodd well didn't the taxpayers lose estimated $10 billion on the bailout? Is that really the best we can do?
— Cory (@Jake_Sam) December 9, 2013
@chucktodd Spoken like a died in the wool liberal since it only cost us $11 Billion, yeah, that's just friggin peachy
— Bowhunter (@jackclymer) December 9, 2013
@chucktodd which, the result where the taxpayers lost $10B, or the part where creditors/investors were fleeced and UAW took ownership?
— Texanus Giganticus (@couchsecurity) December 9, 2013
https://twitter.com/bartlettwill/status/410182545490198528
Apparently there are a lot of folks trying revisionist history on the auto bailout. But that's Twitter for ya
— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) December 9, 2013
@chucktodd it appears you may be one of them Chuck.
— Cory (@Jake_Sam) December 9, 2013
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