{"id":3826,"date":"2009-05-15T10:56:56","date_gmt":"2009-05-15T14:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/?p=3826"},"modified":"2009-05-15T10:56:56","modified_gmt":"2009-05-15T14:56:56","slug":"lets-see-if-i-have-this-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/word-of-the-day\/05\/15\/lets-see-if-i-have-this-right\/","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s See If I Have This Right"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s get this straight: the US government through the funds of the American taxpayer have given <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2009\/US\/03\/30\/gm.ceo.resigns\/index.html\">GM over $10 billion in bailout funds<\/a> (lower range estimate). In turn, General Motors is <a href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2009\/05\/15\/news\/companies\/gm_dealers\/index.htm?postversion=2009051509\">closing over 1,100 of it&#8217;s dealerships<\/a> and plans to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/finance\/5323274\/GM-plans-to-export-cars-from-China-to-the-US.html\">move factories to China to export cars to United States<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Did the United States government just pay over 10 billion dollars to General Motors to close 20% of it&#8217;s American dealerships and outsource American jobs to China? What kind of fucking investment is that?<\/p>\n<p><strong>See Also:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mashget.com\/2009\/05\/14\/gm-nears-crucial-deal-with-uaw\/\">GM Nears Crucial Deal With UAW<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.balloon-juice.com\/?p=21212\">Another Body Blow<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigfeedblog.com\/2009\/05\/what-did-your-bailout-money-buy-you-gm.html\">What Did Your Bailout Money Buy You?: GM to Import Chinese Cars<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlive.com\/news\/flint\/index.ssf\/2009\/05\/newt_gingrich_takes_on_car_com.html\">Newt Gingrich takes on car companies<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.s-proprietor.com\/does-gm-need-saving\/\">Does GM need saving?<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/patriotroom.com\/article\/obama-stabs-uaw-in-the-back\">Obama Stabs UAW in the Back<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ritholtz.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/chrysler-gm-and-the-new-industrial-policy\/\">Chrysler, GM and the New Industrial Policy<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/sayanythingblog.com\/entry\/obama_bailouts_help_general_motors_export_jobs_to_china\/\">Obama Bailouts Help General Motors Export Jobs To China<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailyfinance.com\/2009\/05\/14\/adding-insult-to-injury-gm-will-import-cars-from-china\/\">Adding insult to injury, GM will import cars from China<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[tags]bailout of general motors, american government, factories to china, closing of 1,100 dealerships in america, gm dealerships, gm factories, outsourcing factories[\/tags]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s get this straight: the US government through the funds of the American taxpayer have given GM over $10 billion in bailout funds (lower range estimate). In turn, General Motors is closing over 1,100 of it&#8217;s dealerships and plans to move factories to China to export cars to United States. Did the United States government [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The US Government Gives GM $10 Billion; GM Ships Jobs Overseas and Closes 1100 Dealerships<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What a great investment: the United States government gives $10 billion in tax payer bailouts to General Motors, and GM opens factories in China\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/word-of-the-day\/05\/15\/lets-see-if-i-have-this-right\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The US Government Gives GM $10 Billion; 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