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AnarchoDakosaurus@toast.ooo 1 year agoA 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.
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.
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.
TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Welcome to Lemmy. I swear this place is worse than Reddit at reading comprehension and mob-mentality downvoting.
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.
Unforeseen@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I’ve found the same, but that it really depends on the topic.
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 1 year ago
There were more than ten words. I didn’t read it either.
Kedly@lemm.ee 1 year ago
15 downvotes is downvoted to oblivion?
AA5B@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Right there is the difference between Lenny and Reddit!
Lemmy: 15 downvotes to oblivion
Reddit: Hold my beer!
Kedly@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Yeah, I guess there is a pretty significant population difference between the two. Sorry, I’m a new convert from Reddit xD
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/