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GM Boasts Strong June Sales — But Is That the Whole Story?

General Motors announced this month its auto sales increased by 16 percent in June, its best monthly sales gain since 2008. Considering all the company has been through, and the fact that it still owes taxpayers approximately $25 billion in TARP repayments, a 16 percent boost in sales sounds like good news, right?

Who knows? With consumers buying up all these cars, maybe GM can reestablish itself as an auto heavyweight, shareholders will finally get to see a return on their investments, and President Obama will have something to brag about on the campaign trail.

Not so fast.

As it turns out, there’s a big reason GM experienced an increase in sales last month: “government purchases of GM vehicles rose a whopping 79% in June,” according to the National Legal and Policy Center’s Mark Modica.

Seriously?

“Overall fleet sales (which are typically less profitable than retail sales) at Government Motors rose a full 36% for the month, helping to drive decent sales improvements year over year,” Modica reports.

The report continues:

GM claimed that sales increases did not rely on incentive spending, which appeared to remain in check, but one analyst during GM‘s sales conference call questioned whether the company’s “stair step” incentive spending was accurately depicted. This incentive spending kicks in after dealerships report final sales figures for the month and may be yet another deceptive way for GM to fudge its numbers. Not mentioned was GM card rewards programs that do not get counted as incentive spending.

Considering that the president fully intends to campaign on the company’s so-called “success,” the fed’s decision to bulk up its vehicle fleet with GM products would seem to be a clear conflict of interest.

Think about it in these terms [via NewsBusters’ Seton Motley]:

Barack Obama is now campaigning on the “success” of the government buying cars from … the government’s car company. With our money.

That’s like you setting up a lemonade stand for your kids.  You buy them the lemons, sugar, cups and pitchers – and then buy most of the lemonade yourself.

Except you are President Obama. Your kids are the United Autoworkers Union. And the lemonade cost $50 billion.

As always, what’s the bottom line?

“The long-term health of GM remains in question and the true financial picture may not surface until well after voters decide who will be running our country,” Modica writes.

“Eventually we will see just how successful GM really is.”

UPDATE –Modica writes that he was contacted by GM sales spokesman Jim Cain who disputes the National Legal and Policy Center’s article.

Cain argues that “total government sales for GM in June were still below 5% of total sales“ and that the majority of ”government sales increases were attributed to state and local governments” (as opposed to the federal government).

Read the full report here.

Comments (210)

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  • cassandra
    Posted on July 12, 2012 at 7:32am

    WKW I always buy FORD used though but too bad FORD can’t get all the unions out of their company so they could go back to having a new reasonable priced car again

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    • Cavallo
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 10:00am

      If you can’t buy Ford, the buy Toyota, or some other foreign company. GM doesn’t deserve your business. They‘re thugs that make an inferior product and then rape the public treasury when they can’t support themselves.

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    • encinom
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 10:13am

      I love watching the true “patriots” of theTea ****** movement attack harding working Americans and an American companies success for petty political talking points you lemmings follow.

      This proves that Keynesian theory is correct and to improve the economy you will need short term increases in government spending to prop up industries. Austerity kills economies and jobs.

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    • mensa141
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 10:21am

      Encinom, still trolling?

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    • 4truth2all
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 10:29am

      Yo Encinom:

      True … the company has some hard working Americans … that does not negate the deceiptive, lying and political evils of this present administration. Please turn some more lights on in that room you live in and you will see the “rest of the story”.

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    • yohannbiimu
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 10:52am

      encinom, how do you call ANYTHING that this government does “short term?” Everything that they get their grubby hands on, they’re there for the long haul, not merely until things get back on track. When as ANY government operated the way you suppose? Talk about a “lemming.” The entire country is headed for an enormous fall, you’re getting fed a pack-full of lies and propaganda, and I have no doubt that you’ll be VERY surprised when the lights go out (and because the system is so broken, they won’t come back on again) and you’re standing in the dark asking “what happened?” You’re idiotic way leads backward to a two-class system, where one rules and lives as the high and mighty, and the other lives in want and misery. It’s always been that way when freedom and liberty have been extinguished, and it will be no different when it happens here.

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    • pavnvet
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 11:12am

      As a retired automotive dealership General Manager, maybe I can give some insights to these numbers. First off, fleet sales, although not having what is normally called incentives, do have deep discounts afforded the end user. An example would be police packages where larger engines and heavier duty drive trains that have base prices below the retail available model. The other thing is that once a vehicle is built and it is in a dealer’s inventory, it is considered as sold. Yes, that is right, GM considers their customer the dealer and not the consumer ( all car manufacturers do). Their days supply (which are the number of vehicles in dealers hands based on current sales rate) had actually increased over May. GM already admits that its July numbers will be lower.

      GM forced hundreds of dealers out of business in their reorganization. Buy a Ford. If you buy anything else, the corporate profits end up in a foreign country. Toyota, Honda, Chrysler, etc. that are built and purchased here do not help our foreign exchange. I realize American workers benefit, but not to the extent when the money stays entirely within the US.

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    • Patrick_Henry
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 11:29am

      ENCINOM.Here!, Here!…spoken like a true lemming…

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    • 4truth2all
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 11:30am

      Yo Encinom,

      False … not a “tea ******” or a serf to anyone (know about zero of who the Coke brothers are)
      True … you again falsely accuse others

      Do you enjoy deceiving yourself … or is it a place of misery you can’t seem to escape from… ?
      Oh, and by the way neither do I consider myself “enlightened”. I thought that is an atheists attempt to bring credibility to their cause.

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    • MAMMY_NUNN
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 11:52am

      Union logic here folks buy your own product but when all the sales to the Government are done who else do you sell to. They always eat their own.

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    • teapartytexan
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 12:30pm

      Cavallo you are an idiot I don’t like the unions but we have to buy American that is what makes our economy grow!! You can‘t complain about the economy if you don’t buy American!! There is a lot of good conservative people working at GM Dealerships we fix this buy getting rid of the Obama administration!! No screwing other fellow Americans!!

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    • johnjamison
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 12:58pm

      Kind of reminds meet of the time chong told cheech he sold two lids of weed to himself.

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    • lani59
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 2:11pm

      I love my country, but not enough to buy American junk to support it. I own a Toyota Tundra with 57000 miles and have never had it in the shop for some problem. Of course they had the recall, which turned out to replacing the floor mat and shorting the gas pedal a half inch. When I owned Ford or GM products, the service manager was on speed dial and on a first name basis. GM will fail again because the govt can buy only so many fleet vehicles and when you produce junk at with high labor costs = bankruptcy again…

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    • USAONLYdotUS
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 2:52pm

      Isn’t this how a brothel works? You sell the porduct and still have it after the transaction? I‘m just sayin’

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    • old white guy
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 3:47pm

      hmmmm, the government buying something with tax dollars from a company that survives on tax dollars. nothing wrong with that, is there???

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    • hemi49er
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 4:18pm

      The “most” American made cars are:
      Toyota Camry (last ranking 1)
      Honda Accord (last ranking 2)
      Chevy Malibu (last ranking 5)
      Ford Explorer (no last ranking)
      Honda Odyssey (last ranking 6)
      Toyota Sienna (last ranking 10)
      Jeep Wrangler (last ranking 9)
      Chevy Traverse (no last ranking)
      Toyota Tundra (last ranking 8)
      GMC Acadia (no last ranking)

      So 5 of the top 10 are “foreign” car companies building their cars here in America. For a while Toyota built cars in California, until they taxed them out of the state. Hyundai and BMW are also building cars in America. Of course they are mostly outside of Detroit, so the Autoworkers Union is attacking them. But let’s not lose sight of the good work Americans are doing with foreign owned manufacturers investing right here in the US – Kentucky, Alabama, Tennessee, Alabama, Texas, South Carolina… good jobs, good pay and benefits, and mostly non-union.

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    • leforest
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 5:15pm

      The facts are all right here if anyone cares just go to utube and watch th real truth about the OBAMA underhanded dealings with China and see where you tax dollars went. He‘s snake the last I knew they hadn’t pulled it yet http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=Lvl5Gan69Wo just scrowl over it and paste it to you server.If the people could beyong there own stupid noses they see just how corrupt gthis administration is.

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    • Salamander
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 6:32pm

      Did the governmnet competitively bid these cars, or just buy ‘in house’?

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    • liberty49
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 8:11pm

      I quit buying American cars 25 years ago when my ‘89 Ford Aerostar burst into flames from an ’electrical‘ fire and Ford didn’t care less.

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    • Yeah_Buddy
      Posted on July 13, 2012 at 12:57pm

      I used to buy nothing but GM cars and trucks. When the magnesium transfer case developed a hole for the second time in my Avalanche @75k, the GM rep said its normal wear. There is a cheap $1 clip that holds the transmission fluid pump that keeps falling off, then the pump rubs the case forming the hole and subsequent chronic fluid leaking. I once again paid the $1,300 to fix out of pocket and traded it in for an F250 diesel. Good thing I purchased the extended dealer warranty, cause the F250 needed a turbo and other parts totalling $4k before it had 65k miles on it.

      Yeah I always buy American and pay the maintenance price but nothing pulls the toy hauler and boat like a 3/4 ton American truck.

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  • BruceB
    Posted on July 12, 2012 at 7:13am

    Got a new car last week. A 94 Chrysler Lebaron convertible . My wife loves it.So do I.

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    • OniMan
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 9:06am

      “your door is ajar”

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    • Mizurax
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 9:36am

      Chrysler… LOL. You’ll be regretting that one soon.

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    • teddrunk
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 10:12am

      I know how you feel. Last year we got our new ‘58 De Soto. Love those fins & push button transmission.

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    • DEITY
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 10:19am

      My parents had one with a 2.5 Turbo,very reliable car….350,000 trouble free miles,original engine trans…What gave Chrysler a bad name was the use of Mitshubishi motors in some cars and minivans 3.0 was junk,unreliable Japanese motor.

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    • RedManBlueState
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 11:21am

      Yes, the Mitsu 3.0 was a piece of crap. But a bigger piece of crap was their 4 speed A604/41TE/42LE “PROB-LA-MATIC” transmission. I LOVED my Dodge Intrepid. But the transmission quit at 68,000 miles, just before the warranty ran out. Chrysler replaced it, and the new one quit EXACTLY 68,000 later.

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    • KeithOlberdink
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 11:50am

      Did you buy it from Jon Voight?

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    • johnjamison
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 12:56pm

      The lebaron chrysler’s answer to the edsal. What a piece of crap that is…..but on the flip your mechanic will become a close friend….lol

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    • Yeah_Buddy
      Posted on July 13, 2012 at 1:05pm

      I too love the new car smell of my ‘75 AMC Pacer. Its a real head turner and resembles a lunar rover, so how could I pass it up?

      My wife left me and my kids have lots of tats and piercings, but they all love the ride.

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  • AJAYW
    Posted on July 12, 2012 at 7:06am

    Next they will try to force us to by GM products or pay a high tax for buying from other companys.

    I will never buy a car built by goverment workers at GMC. ( Goverment Motor Company ) JUNK product.

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    • H Beale
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 7:52am

      I’m with you brother!

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    • 1947
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 8:25am

      Not to concerned the number GM is talking about are the SALES in China since they moved their HQ

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    • JRook
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 9:30am

      Ah yes the blaze continues the conservative media circle jerk regarding government sales figures, which of course at the very least includes state and local governments. Not clear how the President placed all those orders. Anyway for those who actual consider the facts and truth from time to time educate yourself….

      http://conwebwatch.tripod.com/blog/index.blog?entry_id=2274992

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    • Mizurax
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 9:55am

      So Jrook, you mean to tell me that it‘s simply a coincidence that the government sector almost DOUBLED it’s purchases of GM vehicles last month? I’d like a statistician to tell me the odds of that. A 10% increase could be explained away like you suggest. 79% though? If you believe that, you’re a fool.

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    • Cavallo
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 10:05am

      A substandard product made by substandard Bolshevik thugs. Worthless crap, from every Chinese nut and bolt down to the unionized floor sweeper. I wish nothing but ill for that company and its employees.

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    • mensa141
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 10:25am

      I rented an Impala last year. Not much good can be said about the experience. GM still seems to have the mindset that if they save a buck on each car they can make ubelievable profits. Problem is for every buck they save they make crappier automobiles.

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    • banderashovel
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 11:20am

      you hit the nail right on the head with that one..

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    • ezekiel22
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 3:53pm

      My Ford f150 runs great not aq lick of problem. Won’t buy government motors even though I used to be a dodge fan.

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    • Bluebonnet
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 5:12pm

      I couldn’t imagine an increase in sales and wondered if the government bought them………hahaha, I must be a mind reader cause it came true.

      VOTE for the truth in Nov. Sick & tired of liars and users and stretch pelosi

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    • osgeek
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 6:00pm

      My GMs never fail just drove my 93 GMC Suburban 770 miles in 24 hours pulling a loaded heavy covered trailer, do it all the time no problems. NEVER FAILS! I will ALWAYS buy GM. Ford, Chrysler, and Toyota are junky trash with no style and crappy performance.

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  • pirate052
    Posted on July 12, 2012 at 7:02am

    Scam just like the unemployment numbers that the Obama gang always puts out.

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    • randy
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 7:31am

      Barack Obama is now campaigning on the “success” of the government buying cars from … the government’s car company. With our money.

      OBAMA is a Narcissistic Psychopath with a God Complex!
      He’s doing to the USA what Afghanistan did to Russia.
      When is someone in the military who swore and oath to protect us from foreign and DOMESTIC threats, going to step up and do something about it??!!!

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    • mensa141
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 10:28am

      @Encinom – are you volunteering to be taxed more? You do know you can volunteer to send money to the IRS. Of course you already do that, right?

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    • encinom
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 11:13am

      @Randy,

      You re just another anti-American Tea ******, protesting the success of fellow Americans. Blined by the hate Beck and others feed you.

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  • Inlightofthings
    Posted on July 12, 2012 at 6:50am

    Few know that 65% of the GM jobs are overseas. The outsourcing attack on Romney will boomerang much like the other attacks.

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    • LameLiberals
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 7:10am

      It will boomorang ONLY IF Romney ATTACKS OBAMA using just this GM information you posted.

      It appears only Carl Rove PAC CrossRoads has ATTACK ads. Romney’s commercials appear BLAH/TAME/Mr Rogers ads.

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    • randy
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 7:35am

      My God, Romney has a wealth of information to use against Obama…..
      Just like McCain, If he loses the election, then he is losing it by design!

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    • Inlightofthings
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 8:41am

      Another tidbit:

      “Incredibly, between 2010-2014 GM’s restructuring plan also calls for a 98% increase in the number of vehicles it will be importing into the United States from Mexico, Korea, Japan and China….”

      Source: Submitted by Robert Oak on Sat, 05/09/2009

      The importance on the date is we had other options than to protect overseas jobs with such a heavy cost to the bond holders of GM. What happened has been called thievery, piracy and flat out stealing by effectively giving the company to the unions.

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  • Blazebanned
    Posted on July 12, 2012 at 6:49am

    GM has always used its government sales to boost its sales figures,nothing really new about that,difference is,it is now obummer moters,and the sales figures are designed to boost odumbass’ position with his union base.

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  • ObserverOnTheHill
    Posted on July 12, 2012 at 6:47am

    A great book on how the communists have taken over our institutions – churches, schools, businesses, government, Military and now our court system is

    – The Naked Truth: The Naked Communist – Revisited
    by James C. Bowers

    http://www.amazon.com/The-Naked-Truth-Communist-Revisited/dp/093616316X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1339153878&sr=8-1

    He discusses how W. Cleon Skousen ( author of the 5000 Year Leap ) was an FBI agent for 16 years and was concerned about the implementation of what he felt were the top 45 stated goals of the communists at that time. You will be shocked how successfully their plans have been completed. A MUST READ book for any freedom loving American. Please pass on to others when done reading – SPREAD THE WORD

    Also – A MUST SEE – We were warned – watch the youtube video of Yuri Bezmenov, from the 80′s with G. Edward Griffin ( Jekyll Island author ). A Soviet KGB defector, he tells how it was his job to infiltrate these institutions and place communist supporters in positions of leadership and power. He was successful in doing so. Mind boggling stuff.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3qkf3bajd4

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  • Baddoggy
    Posted on July 12, 2012 at 6:45am

    Communism straight up! Welcome to the USSA. WE need a president that will take down the Unions and return GM to the shareholders. If it gets in trouble, let the damn hing crumble and someone with some skills buy it up and run it. These sorry people dont know what they are doing. Communism sucks.
    I hope you Union thugs are happy with your theft!

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  • hugo65hsv
    Posted on July 12, 2012 at 6:43am

    Government Motors crony capitalism put into practice… Clearly a stepping stone to Socialism and an end to freedom in America.. Government owned industry, utilities, no private property, housing, health care, total control of a society.. Van Jones dream of: sit down, shut up and listen..

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  • JStrick
    Posted on July 12, 2012 at 6:43am

    If I loan my neighbor 100 bucks then buy stuff at his yardsale so he has the money to pay me back….. why didn’t I just buy stuff at his yardsale INSTEAD of loaning him money? Why didn’t the Govermemt simply buy several billion dollars in GM vehicles a few years back?

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    • Inlightofthings
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 8:32am

      It’s only a theory…my theory. Recent revelations showed the unions dumped $4.4 billion into political actions and campaigns, not the $1.1 billion reported for the last 5 years. The whole ACA thing had to happen to protect the unions as they now have what appears to be a short(er) life span. Not just autos but the municipal unions which are in the 35% range. Private sector unions make up @ 7% of the workforce for a net of @ 13%. Shifting their burdens from the union and municipal doles is key, so that has now simply become a federal liability. That’s healthcare, watch what happens with the unfunded pensions. IL for instance dedicates 20% of it‘s states budget to pensions and healthcare for unions alone if I’m not mistaken. And we thought the housing bubble was costly.

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    • Cavallo
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 9:58am

      Because then they couldn’t have got all the strings they wanted, like screwing over the bond holders and other secured creditors to favor their Union Bolshevik thugs. If you buy GM debt now, after what they did, I have no sympathy for your idiocy when they do it again. GM is a worthless government entity. It’s why many of us now refer to them as Government Motors.

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  • historyguy48
    Posted on July 12, 2012 at 6:29am

    Comrades everyone is only worried about Dear Leader’s ownership of Government Motors. How about the very illegal way he took over the company? How about the poor bond holders, mainly retired people, who lost their money instead of having their “safe” investment paid off first like it was supposed to be.
    Oh right, they were all evil capitalists that ate babies for breakfast and beat their children with whips every day!
    If sheep become tigers (after I wake up from passing out in shock) I know which group I will support!
    Goggle a 1970′s KGB defector, Yuri Bezmenov, in the late 70′s he was trying to warn us what he and his friends had been doing. He also stated that “what they have done can not be fixed through the ballot box, but only the old tried and true soviet way”. I was hoping he was wrong, I no longer think he was!

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 10:00am

      Retired people including those invested in teachers pensions can be ignored.

      Beside a teacher whose retirement shrinks because of Obama & Democrats can always be roped back into the fold via the teachers union (NEA). The are that robotic.

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  • GLENNONALL
    Posted on July 12, 2012 at 6:13am

    One of the debate questions for Barry this fall has to be “If G.M. goes bankrupt again are you going to bail them out again?”

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  • Magyar
    Posted on July 12, 2012 at 5:40am

    We are and will continue to be a NON-GM family….

    As in 2012 NOBAMA …. NO GM either!

    Have never witnessed more corruption in my life!

    I fear for this country!

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    • grudgywoof
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 6:16am

      When the government money dries up then so will GM. They are being proped up to make the Obamanation look good.

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  • 65Mustang
    Posted on July 12, 2012 at 4:29am

    Anything that makes Obama look in his eyes is legal to him. I drive a, paid-off years ago, 2000 vehicle…would never buy a government issued vehicle.

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  • RebelPatriot
    Posted on July 12, 2012 at 2:09am

    Because the government has grown too large it is very difficult in a down economy to cut federal spending. When you cut federal spending you can’t pump up the sales numbers for our government motors company. It appears we will continue to slide in a downward spiral toward bankruptcy.

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  • Chancellor
    Posted on July 12, 2012 at 2:05am

    I got rid of my Caddy and got a Lincoln and my wife got an Edge…..Both much better made vehicles

    than the Comparable GM model.

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    • wboehmer
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 4:18am

      When that lying General Motors CEO Ed Whitacre bragged in TV commercials and newspaper columns that GM paid back its bailout “in full and ahead of schedule” is when I decided I had purchased my last GM car.

      Now, I have to hear President Øbama bragging about how he “saved the auto industry.”

      The GM bailout WAS A BIG MISTAKE!

      Electing Barack Øbama WAS A BIGGER MISTAKE!

      WORST PRESIDENT EVER!

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    • lukerw
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 5:13am

      @WB…
      Pretty close between FDR & Obama!

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  • psadie
    Posted on July 12, 2012 at 1:58am

    My dad is a GM retiree (30 yrs. ago) and a UAW member. He still gets BONUS checks from GM each year even though he is retired. I found out by mistake so now he doesn’t talk too much about his former job. These bonuses are built into the price of the car. The unions have to keep the rank and file happy and voting Democrat. WHICH private company pays their retirees bonuses long after they are gone? NONE that I know off. WHY is it always the Dems and the unions who scheme more than anyone?

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  • ConstitunalAmerican
    Posted on July 12, 2012 at 1:23am

    I’m getting close to buying a new car, and usually its a Chevy, but these new cars are built with the specifications of obama and the money of taxpayers. I find it difficult to purchase a new car I’ve already put money into. Guess I’ll wait a couple more years for a better vehicle.

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    • USANUMBERONE
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 1:59am

      You have common sense.

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    • wkw58
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 6:56am

      May I recommend Ford? Myself and several of my fellow workers have taken a solemn vow to never again purchase a “bailout company” vehicle. I am proud of Ford for sticking it out and not cowing to the regime

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    • LIBERTARIAN T38
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 8:28am

      Besides a Ford, I recommend any Japanese brand except Subaru…I‘ve owned ’em all. I had a couple of Jeep Grand Cherokees but like anything from Europe, the cost of socialist labor hurts the overall quality and reliability too much (talk to people who own German cars long enough). What fries my eggs about GM is, why didn’t my car company get a handout? Socialism is not only wrong and evil, but simply unfair to those who don’t get the handout…

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    • teddrunk
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 8:34am

      Buy Korean. Cheap to buy, designs look great, long warranty, and South Korea never bombed Pearl.

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    • The_Bird_is_the_Word
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 12:29pm

      @ConstitunalAmerican —

      YOU said, “I’m getting close to buying a new car, and usually its a Chevy, but these new cars are built with the specifications of obama and the money of taxpayers. I find it difficult to purchase a new car I’ve already put money into. Guess I’ll wait a couple more years for a better vehicle.”

      Let me repeat part of what you said – “but these new cars are built with the specifications of obama…”

      Well, first of all, in your ‘name’ you spelled constitutional wrong.

      OK. So now President Obama is an automotive engineer? Really? Freaking idiots! All Glen Beck fans and cons are idiots! Did you possibly hear this “fact” about Obama designing cars on Fox “News” like Hannity or some other GOP BS? Maybe from Michelle Malkin? Doesn’t matter, they are all idiots!!!

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    • AmendmentII
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 12:52pm

      THE_ BIRD_IS_THE_WORD “BIRD” is not the word, SHUT THE F*** UP “BIRD” is the word..!!!

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  • lukerw
    Posted on July 12, 2012 at 1:20am

    ObamaNomics = Tax Payer Money spent on items for Government Workers from Government Friends!

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    • gsp9993
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 3:31am

      The only way to stimulate the government is with your money.

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    • lukerw
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 5:10am

      @GSP…
      He is only doing what Unions do… so, if one is wrong, then so is the other! We should pitty the poor Union Smucks… who Pay Dues… and Pay Taxes!

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  • IronSights
    Posted on July 12, 2012 at 1:08am

    WOW, huge surprise, the government bought them. I mean we tax payers bought them. What a bunch of crap bags. Didn’t they think we would know or find out.
    @Detroit Paperboy – I’m with you, I won’t be buying a GM product EVER again.

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    • bleuze
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 1:45am

      I’m with you. As far as I’m concerned with the government and UAW by them!

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    • TexasKnight
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 3:12am

      Sorry, but you will be buying a GM car. You will be buying for a Government employee thru your taxes. The best news, you will not even get to use the car you will be buying.
      Welcome to lib-o-nomics.

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    • woodyl1011fl
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 11:08am

      Democrat party voters are too too ignorant to understand that or even be able to figure it out. They are the mindless zombies and Pavlovian lapdogs of our time. They live in parallel upside down universe that is totally irrational but apparently these people make up 47% of us. That might explain why we have Pelosi , Reid and democrat control of the Senate and the Marxist caucus in the House. What a terrifying thought and disastrous for our survival if it turns put to be true.

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on July 12, 2012 at 1:04am

    So the government is buying from Goverment Motors, who still owe the government that controls Government Motors; and the ones who will benefit from the profits will be the unionists. Figures.

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  • Stoic one
    Posted on July 12, 2012 at 1:00am

    Government Motors….that says it all

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    • watersRpeople
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 1:05am

      Maybe we should have the government investigate the government? Or have ex-politicians form a separate entity to investigate politicians? Then maybe we could have Charles Manson investigate Charles Manson, or have him investigate current cases?

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    • Stoic one
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 2:45am

      You opened a door of a gm car and hear what spewed out!

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  • Detroit paperboy
    Posted on July 12, 2012 at 12:56am

    I was wondering about all the police going from Ford sedans, to Chevy Tahoes….I will never buy a GM product again…..

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    • bpodlesnik
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 7:24am

      What? Police have been using GM cars and SUV’s for many many years.

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    • Hrothgar
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 8:58am

      Police are switching from the tried and true Crown Victoria “Interceptors” to the new Dodge Charger’s in droves. Mainly because Ford canned the Vic, however I have seen the new Taurus “Interceptors” and those are pretty bad ass rides. I expect more police, county mounties and super troopers will be be using the Charger, cheaper with lots of muscle.

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    • DEITY
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 10:39am

      Ford stopped making the Crown Victoria cars..Taurus is too small,smaller trunk,not as wide the reason the Crown Victoria was everywhere as a police vehicle it was the last of the big cars…The Charger and Impala and Taurus are smaller than the Crown victoria,smaller trunk,not as wide…Trucks and suv’s will probably take over as the more popular police vehicle as they are big enough and heck,they can slam into a car and have less dammage than using a Police Car !!

      They had Chev Tahoe trucks for a long time,Chev Impala’s ect decades.But in 1996 they stopped full size cars,leaving the Crown victoria the only big car..

      As well as Chrysler products (once every police vehicle was a indestructable Chrysler product 1950′s-1989)Many cities use the Dodge Charger,powerful,good handling but the trunk is smaller than the crown Victoria and car isnt as wide either…Trucks/Suv’s would be a good choice..

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  • watersRpeople
    Posted on July 12, 2012 at 12:50am

    I couldn’t have record profits if I have record debt. If I owe 100,000 on my house, and I make a salary of 30,000, then that is hardly 30,000 in profits.

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  • watersRpeople
    Posted on July 12, 2012 at 12:48am

    I don‘t believe the job numbers coming from the government and so I don’t believe the numbers coming from government motors either.

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