If we bail them, we own them. Its that simple. what we own we can provide. 200 car lottery for getting your taxes in on time? check. lottary to win a car for voting: check. automakers pursuing goals in line with national objectives: check. which means clean cars, new technologies check. automakers playing a role in maintaining national infrastructure: check.
On top of that, what profits they do make can go towards paying down this looming financial deficit.
You(Detriot the idea, not the place) Effed up. The government acts as the lender of last resort, yes? Now they get to be the repo man, take the assets, and make it work for us.
Owning ford would be just like owning any other asset. Maybe we could sell it to china to balance the trade deficit, no?
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