Media Fail: Government Motors Inflates Sales by Selling to...the Government
The Jurassic Press was in full-throated ObamaChorus mode in reporting on General Motors (GM)’s allegedly strong June sales.
Very few failed to receive the sheet music.
General Motors June US Car Sales Rocket 16%
GM's June sales up 16%, show broad-based growth
Mentioned was that We the Taxpayers were conscripted to bailout GM to the tune of $50 billion.
General Motors' US sales up 16% in June
General Motors (GM) Shifts Gears on Strong US and China Sales
The Jurassic Press mentioned the bailout so as to allow President Barack Obama to continue to campaign for reelection on its titanically-failed “success."
GM (NYSE:GM) Announces Record Strong Sales
General Motors' US sales up 16 pct in June
Not mentioned was the auto bailout will lose us about $30 billion.
General Motors (NYSE:GM) Cheers to Reports US Sales Surges 16%
General Motors (NYSE:GM) Beats Analysts Sales Forecasts
GM Sees Highest Sales Since September
Almost all of this $30 billion Taxpayer loss was in fact a gi-normous payoff of the Obama-Democrat stalwart United Autoworkers Union.
GM Races Higher on Sales Report
While the Union was thoroughly bailed out, We the Taxpayers are still stuck holding 500+ million shares of GM stock. Which we need to sell at $53 per. Which debuted post-bankruptcy at $33 per. And which is currently trading at just over $20 per. Meaning we’ll lose about $15 billion. How’s that for “success?”
GM Calls June Highest Sales Month Since 2008
General Motors (GM) June Sales Highest Since September 2008
GM June 2012 Sales Climb 15.5 Percent to Highest Month Since September 2008
And in all this Hosanna-reporting, nowhere to be found is the inconvenient truth that these huge June sales were mostly fueled by...government purchases.
We now learn that government purchases of GM vehicles rose a whopping 79% in June.
Meaning Barack Obama is now campaigning on the “success” of - the government buying cars from...the government’s car company. With our money.
That’s like you setting up a lemonade stand for your kids. You buy them the lemons, sugar, cups and pitchers - and then buy most of the lemonade yourself.
Except you are President Obama. Your kids are the United Autoworkers Union. And the lemonade cost $50 billion.
At least you get to tax your neighbors for the $50 billion.
Again - in what Bizarro-world is this auto bailout the “success” the Jurassic Press incessantly reports it is?
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Nothing about GM's business
Submitted by forest on Tue, 07/10/2012 - 11:27am.
Nothing about GM's business model or product line has changed significantly and the economy is still in the dumps.
So how does a company that was losing money hand over fist suddenly become a big success?
It doesn't. This is all propaganda. 6-7 years to bankruptcy, tops.
Driving America...further
Submitted by P. Aaron on Tue, 07/10/2012 - 1:59pm.
Driving America...further into Obama-debt.
Government Hypocrisy
Submitted by stratman on Tue, 07/10/2012 - 8:57pm.
The Physician Self-Referral portion of the Stark Laws states that a physician cannot refer patients to many goods and services of which that physician has an financial stake in:
By self-referring the purchase of vehicles from GM, a company the Obama Administration has an intimate financial relationship with, Obama has violated the spirit of the Stark Laws were they applied to anything else involving government tax money besides healthcare.