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On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:24:21 -0400, gfretwell wrote:


There seems to be a lot of glee for a plan that sold Japanese cars 80%
of the time. Exactly who were we bailing out?


I'm not enthralled with the program, but I can't be too critical of
things that were done when we were facing "the greatest financial
situation since the Great Depression". One year later, I don't hear that
kind of talk, so, I guess, they did something right.

We did buy an "American" car but it was made in Canada


Well, there are a lot fewer Ford Explorers on the road today.

http://autos.yahoo.com/articles/auto...a2VyLXRyYWRlcw