Comment on Ford lays off 700 who were building electric version of F-150 | CNN Business

• AnarchoDakosaurus@toast.ooo ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  A Ford TV ad slams competitors for accepting bailout funds, even though the company’s CEO lobbied for the bill. The company — the only one of the Big Three not to receive a bailout — feared a collapse of GM and Chrysler at the time would have hurt suppliers and, in turn, Ford itself. Ford Chief Executive Officer Alan R. Mulally also asked Congress for a “credit line” of up to $9 billion in case the economy worsened. In other words, Ford was for government bailouts before it was against them.

  • factcheck.org/…/ford-motor-co-does-u-turn-on-bail…

  And ford took more money from Biden’s green energy plan. Ford is definitely guilty as fuck as slurping up government surplus and firing workers the second they stop making them a profit.

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  • stealthnerd@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I love how the OP said Ford never took a bailout, you reply confirming that, and OP gets downvoted into oblivion.

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    • TheRealKuni@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I love how the OP said Ford never took a bailout, you reply confirming that, and OP gets downvoted into oblivion.

      Welcome to Lemmy. I swear this place is worse than Reddit at reading comprehension and mob-mentality downvoting.

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      • bitwaba@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I don’t really know what’s going on so I’m just gonna downvote everyone just in case.

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      • Unforeseen@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I’ve found the same, but that it really depends on the topic.

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    • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      There were more than ten words. I didn’t read it either.

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    • Kedly@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      15 downvotes is downvoted to oblivion?

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      • AA5B@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Right there is the difference between Lenny and Reddit!

        Lemmy: 15 downvotes to oblivion

        Reddit: Hold my beer!

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    • CmdrShepard@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      They didn’t confirm that Ford didn’t receive a bailout just that Ford didn’t participate in TARP. Ford took a $7B government loan in 2009 and didn’t even finish repaying it until last year. GM took their $8B bailout in 2009 and repaid it all in 2010.

      www.freep.com/story/money/cars/…/5526413002/

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• Nollij@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Ford never took that bailout

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