Not to create too much of a tift with you 955... but I have years of experience "resolving" conflict. You make me laugh and sound silly with that nonsense of being a government "spy". Essentially, i've been a problem solver geared to contract, claims for damages, etc. etc. resolutions of disagreements - involving money and emotions.
A short story for you... had a neighbor who got a ticket for running a stop sign in a town known for picking on young drivers (this was back in the early 60's). He told his father. The father said, yep you can hire an attorney, you can line up your witnesses and you will probably win. But, its gonna cost you a day out of work, and about $450 for an attorney and of course your friends or whomever will have to take a vacation day to. So, in the end its gonna cost you $750 and you will likely win. Or you can pay the $35 ticket. But dad... its not fair; I stopped at the sign...
Yes, certainly, F and F were raped, robed and pillaged by the imperial federal government and the biggest, most effective mob, cartel, mafia types ever assembled. And, I would like nothing more than a total win. In fact pay every shareholder $1,000 a share and two gold bars to boot. But, that isn't realistic.
F and F; live at the discretion of the government; as entities with certain goals and unfortunately with a great deal amount of oversight (read that intervention) by the "Warlords". So, you'd have the shareholders get a 110% win, and tick off the government that regulates these entities only to come back and have congress write a law that puts f and f out of business; because they got taken to the wood shed? Yep... you win... but lose. It would be like Jefar in the movie Aladdin - yep... he won... all that power in a little itty bitty space... He won the battle - but lost the war. Oh and Aladdin got the babe!
What has to happen is for EVERY one to come out a winner. Or at least be able to claim it - even if its not true.
My "proposal" or suggestion of compromise would give share owners about 4x+ more value than what is currently likely to happen if all we do is roll back to undue the "swipe" amendment. It could also happen quicker and be more certain. Sorry, 955 - this capitulation or something similar is necessary for a Win. You might not like it; and its hard for me to accept considering how poorly the entities and I (as a share holder) have been treated (didn't even get kissed!); but I want a win. A compromise guarantees a victory and something similar to what I'd written could be worth up to $200 a common share. Which is very acceptable to me. And the government gets a few billion in share to go on about the 20% (around $60B) free money (they only got 23% return on goldman slacks and lost on Government Motors) plus another 150 Billion in income taxes... And while I'd like the moral victory of stomping the evil wicked people into the ground so they grovel at my feet; but alas, that has NO CASH value. Especially, If I win but lose.
I hope you can understand and will agree CASH money is better than a hollow victory. Well it is to me anyway.
