Replies to post #53439 on Politics and Money

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When was Obama elected again?


General Motors was financially vulnerable before the automotive industry crisis of 2008-2009. In 2005 the company posted a loss of US$10.6 billion.[16] In 2006, its attempts to obtain U.S. government financing to support its pension liabilities and also to form commercial alliances with Nissan and Renault failed. For fiscal year 2007, GM's losses for the year were US$38.7 billion,[17] and sales for the following year dropped by 45%.[18]

On November 7, 2008 General Motors reported it had projected it would run out of cash around mid-2009 without a combination of government funding, a merger, or sales of assets.[19
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_Chapter_11_reorganization

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I was in line to get two bottles of wine priced at $4.99 in a store the other day. The woman in front of me had two bottles of wine--but I did not know the price. As she opened her purse to pay cash, I saw that she had an EBT card (food stamps) in the purse.

Was I ticked to see that? Yep. And I bet the wine she was buying was more expensive than mine.

And people wonder why there are voters that are tired of seeing these entitlements.