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Big 3 auto CEOs flew private jets to ask for taxpayer money

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Big 3 auto CEOs flew private jets to ask for taxpayer money

Postby admin » Sat Feb 11, 2012 1:50 am

Big 3 auto CEOs flew private jets to ask for tax
« Thread Started on Nov 19, 2008, 9:42pm »

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¡®Big 3¡ä auto CEOs flew private jets to ask for taxpayer money
Posted: 04:19 PM ET
By Josh Levs
CNN
(CNN) ¡ª Some lawmakers lashed out at the CEOs of the ¡°Big 3¡å auto
companies Wednesday for flying private jets to Washington to request taxpayer bailout money.

¡°There is a delicious irony in seeing private luxury jets flying into Washington, D.C., and people coming off of them with tin cups in their hand saying that they¡¯re going to be trimming down and streamlining their businesses,¡± Rep. Gary Ackerman, D-New York, said to the CEOs of Ford, Chrysler, and General Motors at a hearing of the House Financial Services Committee. ¡°It¡¯s almost like seeing a guy show up at the soup kitchen in high hat and tuxedo. It kind of makes you a little bit suspicious.¡±

He added, ¡°Couldn¡¯t you all have downgraded to first class or jet-pooled
or something to get here? It would have at least sent a message that you do get it.¡±
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