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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish36•5 months agoFun fact: The US Gov’t never broke even on that bailout https://www.nbcnews.com/businessmain/u-s-exits-gm-stake-taxpayers-lose-10-5-billion-2D11716261
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish19•edit-25 months agoOf course not. Just like Cash for Clunkers only lined the pockets of auto manufacturers. You can’t make more of something and somehow reduce energy and materials consumption.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•5 months agoWas it supposed to? The government isn’t a company.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•5 months agoExactly so they shouldn’t have bailed anyone out in the first place.
Fun fact: The US Gov’t never broke even on that bailout https://www.nbcnews.com/businessmain/u-s-exits-gm-stake-taxpayers-lose-10-5-billion-2D11716261
Of course not.
Just like Cash for Clunkers only lined the pockets of auto manufacturers.
You can’t make more of something and somehow reduce energy and materials consumption.
Was it supposed to? The government isn’t a company.
Exactly so they shouldn’t have bailed anyone out in the first place.
Um. Always has been [a business].