Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Pastimes : Clown-Free Zone... sorry, no clowns allowed -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Box-By-The-Riviera™ who wrote (403407)	4/23/2010 6:36:38 PM
From: MythMan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

Going to take me awhile to absorb all that. I know the deficit is about $300 billion higher than it was 2 years ago..which makes that article highly suspect.

To: Box-By-The-Riviera™ who wrote (403407)	4/23/2010 9:33:35 PM
From: Broken_Clock	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

To: John Q Public who wrote (244984) 4/23/2010 9:12:44 PM From: The Reaper of 245457 What did I tell you? Of course you already knew this. But a top Senate Republican has accused GM of misleading taxpayers about the loan repayment, saying the struggling auto giant was able to repay a $6.7 billion bailout loan only by using other bailout funds in a special escrow account. Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley's charge was backed up by the inspector general for the bailout — also known as the Trouble Asset Relief Program, or TARP. Watchdog Neil Barofsky told Fox News, as well as the Senate Finance Committee, that General Motors used bailout money to pay back the federal government. "It appears to be nothing more than an elaborate TARP money shuffle," Grassley, the ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee.