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This is bad as the US taxpayers will be picking up the bills, and Chrysler/Cerberus is a privately owned company. The government should not have become involved. And the IRS wonders why more and more taxpayers see tax evasion as a way of life? Perfect example.

LLL3, those who see tax evasion have cabinet posts in administration. Please name me someone in current government who did pay their taxes on time! I was refused position, because my taxes are in order! I heard that Hugo Chavez is still in the running for representation of US in UN and Castro may become secretary of the Navy (Raul not FIdel), Fidel is slighted for healthcare portfolio.

That would be something if Fiat injected cash into Chrysler and then both go bankrupt anyways. Chrysler may be too far gone by now, hence the bankruptcy preparation by the government, for Fiat to do any good.

To the point, this whole economy sucks. Thanks for f!!!ing everything up mortgage industry. As I stated before, greed is the root of all evil.

NGR, its not all about sub prime lending and financial derivatives, its also about the market. Just the fact that there are more registered cars in the US than licensed drivers points to the fact that WE HAVE TOO MANY CARS. Purchases would naturally need to take a downturn so that the 1 car : 1 driver equilibrium is restored.

You know what LLLL3 dont be so harsh nobody is bitching about the banks that arent lending money. Just the other day we had a 693 fico score plenty of trade lines good standing 15 yrs in the bureau and it took four hours to get an approval on a used car. You want to complain about the taxpayers money. Complain about these fu**in banks who arent lending s**t still. This deal should have been a no brainer and banks should be fighting over this customer not running away. If people were getting loans we would be selling a hell of a lot more cars. Despite what you may here traffic going through our stores is not off much. You just have to be a better salesperson and qualify and build value give them a good demonstration and ask for the god damn sale. Dont s**t on Chrysler or any of the D3. This crap will be happening to the japanese and germans very soon. Look at the article today about how far VW is down and they are taking over as the largest auto manufacturer. Chrysler, Ford, and GM have a lot more retirees than the other companies and thats part of the reason it’s costing so much money right now. Not to mention you have sources like Edmunds who tell you fair dealer profit is 4%. I dont know about you but you cannot make a living of mini deals. So the consumer doesnt let the manufacturer make big profits(all manufacturers), banks stop lending money, and people dont spend the money they have. That contributes to this ever worsening economy. If people were buying period, we wouldnt have needed the damn money.

Daimler screwed Chrysler by stealing all their cash and dictating poorly designed exteriors and interiors to CHEAPEN the brand so it can’t overlap with Mercedes.

Taxpayers spend $10B/mo in Iraq, yet I hear to complaints from Teabaggers like Borat!

Also, do we really need to spend $510-530B/year on defense? I mean seriously, you want to know about waste, don’t have to dig to far there in the defense budget.

Rather bail out manufacturers who actually MAKE something than just having it all go belly up and all go overseas.

@moparsalesman1, but I DO reference the banks and their f#@ked-up fiascos on other appropriate blogs. Chrysler/Cerberus is a privately owned company. Period. It was worst than hedge funds when Cerberus first came to the table scheming. Now, they have just screwed the US taxpayers even further. Nothing against you, but your theory of the others car manufacturers would mean that Chrysler should not be at the lull that they are, but commensurate with the competition. BTW, my wife and I never buy our cars at four percent dealer profit—we always pay more as we have friends in the business, and we look for a fair deal for both parties. I’ve said this too many times, but Peter Drucker warned the American automotive industry decades ago about the retirees, unions, et al, and they simply did not give a sh!t. It is obvious the world does not need the amount of vehicle manufacturers that it now has; it just unfortunate that US manufacturers are the first to go.

@teahead, “Taxpayers spend $10B/mo in Iraq, yet I hear to complaints from Teabaggers like Borat!” Don’t even get me started on this one as I have said my thoughts about this many times over, and the US taxpayer has yet to pay for this clusterf@#k. But really, it will be our children paying for it!

F.uck this drama and get it over with. Every f.ucking day, I come onto this f.ucking website… and instead about reading about cars, I read about f.ucking fiancial scare bull****. Get the bankrupcy f.ucking over with.

Teahead, it is funny you denouncing teabagers! Well to help you understand my concerns, son, I fought for this country in 2 wars. I have the f*king right to complain when bunch of douchbags are wasting my children and their children future. I have the right to b*tch when same douchbags want to protect terrorists from interrogations more then 3 thousands killed in WTC and almost 5 thousands of my comrades at arms. I hate to see soldiers not getting their medical help after war and Treasury spending billions on UAW and numnuts who run companies into the ground.

Fiat should just get out NOW….it will be their best deceision yet……thier will be to much mess to clean up for fiat….GET OUT NOW FIAT…..

At least all this sh*t gives everyone something to do while they’re not selling cars. I’d call it a make work project but that would be an oxymoron since no one is.

Yeah Johnnycanuck the heads of Chrysler and cerebus are working 2 save their own asses and paypackets..thats all…

Pazzo, it was always the case. There is nothing wrong with making money, it is wrong (only morally not legally) when you make business mistakes to pawn losses on others.

So Celine Dion walks into a bar…and the bartender asks, “Why the long face?”

Sorry, just had to calm everyone one down. Feel free to LOL…except you, Tripleonefive…

They shouldn’t be bailing Chrysler out period. Cerberus has huge amounts of capital that they haven’t even considered tapping into- in the midst of a couple ten billion dollars.

@ LS7- AaaaMennnn!!!!!

BlazeAbraham09, how dare you poke fun at a great Canadian institution like Celine Dion? Now as soon as you tell me what institution she’s in I’ll apologize for you.

@LS7- Ditto!!! Mother F$$king Ditto!! Chysler make NO sense right now in this crowded vehicle mess. Maybe the new owners will fire all of their design and engineering people and just start from scratch with NO debt and no old contracts, new ideas and a fresh start!!

Chrysler isn’t going anywhere, and neither is GM. I know that’s not what some of you want to hear, but unless Obama wants to lose the next election, he must keep his promise to help the Big 3 restructure. The “Auto Task Force” knows damn well that if they are forced into Chapter 11 bankruptcy:

A. Thousands of dealers will suddenly shut down – resulting in massive, widespread new unemployment claims of not just dealership employees, but all the local business that cater to them as well.

B. Dozens of factories will be shut down down – resulting in the bankruptcies of hundreds of parts suppliers who are already hanging off the proverbial cliff’s edge.

Obama knows damn well that any progress being made on the economy will come to a grinding halt in this scenario.

Buy American. It’s not just a matter of jobs, it’s a matter of national security as well.

“If people were getting loans we would be selling a hell of a lot more cars.”

Americans are complaining about not being able to buy something they can’t afford in the first place? Isn’t that what got you in this mess?

Chrysler should deserve a chance to stay. GM is doing great, and will be better without its sub-brand ( HUMMER, Buick, Saab, Saturn) but not Pontiac, both shouldn’t be forced to bankrupt . The ones that should get out and force to bankrupt years ago are Hyundai and Kia. Those cheap metal from Korean auto makers are best of the worst. Honestly, I’m not an American, I’m not an American’s cars fan either. I don’t understand why Americans buy those cheap crap$ from Hyundai and Kia. Americans should buy American cars. C’mon people make your auto industries alive.

This is so screwed up it’s unbelievable. Obama and his administration are being complete fools with this Chrysler / Fiat deal. Basically, Obama will be giving all of Chrysler to Fiat for FREE, at the expense of Chrysler debt holders, equity holders, and taxpayers.

I assume he’s doing this to try to preserve American jobs (either that or he’s a complete fool), which is a purely s o c i a l i s t c o m m u n i s t agenda. And it won’t work ulitmately, because Fiat has zero interest in preserving American jobs. Fiat wants Chrysler’s dealership and distribution network so they can sell Fiat 500’s and other crap they build overseas. Basically Chrysler will give Fiat an instant “in” to the U.S. and Canadian market. It’s all win for Fiat, and all lose for Chrysler, it’s employees, and it’s stakeholders.

And the Treasury has NO BUSINESS offering to buy the Chrysler debt, especially if Chrysler is going to file anyway. It should be Fiat paying for the Chrysler debt, not the Treasury. This whole thing is bordering on insanity.

It’s kind of funny how LLN’s software won’t let you type c o m m u n i s t . They better get used to it, because that’s where this country is headed.

JohnnyC…the Titanic?

They won’t let you type “tsilaicos” either which is the utopia everyone voted for. Be careful what you wish for… Americans unfortunately are not a very informed lot and make their decisions accordingly.

Z06, WTF?

Get off your Joe McCarthy commie-rant for once. The ultra-right wing fascists has been spewing this kind of junk for years.

The FIAT deal will have factories building FIAT cars w/Chrysler labels HERE IN THE US!

What is wrong w/saving US jobs anyways?

We’re competing w/other countries that do the same thing. THey pay for their workers’ healthcare, they bail our their car companies.

I guess you’d rather have us all working for $7.00/hour at Wal-Mart.

BTW, the last 25 years of trickle-down economics of giving huge tax cuts for the well off ballooning the debt to $11 trillion under Bush…how’s that workin’? We’re doing really good w/that and have a heck of a lot to show for that kind of economics, eh?

Z06ified, even funnier, why the same filter would not let me type c o c k pit. But if i state dickpit it’s OK.

teahead, I concur with job saving part. I actually believe that most of cars build domestically is done by foreign labels: Honda, Toyota, Hyundai and somewhat Nissan. Domestics have been enamored with Mexico for a very long time and GM is investing more in new factories in Brazil, China, India and Russia more then in US.

Only car I’m sad to see go is the Challenger. Rest of their entire lineup is garbage.