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No hands went up!

From marcustoday:

"Regret of the Day – The heads of GM, Ford and Chrysler flew from Detroit to Washington yesterday to front House and Senate committees in an attempt to get $25bn from the Government’s $700bn TARP bailout. There are 24 daily commercial flights on the route from Detroit to Washington. They all flew in private jets. A committee representative said “Its like seeing a guy show up at the soup kitchen in high-hat and tuxedo…I mean couldn’t you all have downgraded to first class, or jet pooled or something to get here?”. “I am going to ask the three executives here to raise their hand if they flew here commercial. I’m going to ask you to raise your hand if you’re planning to sell your jet…and fly back commercial”. “Let the record show no hands went up”. “I’m not an opponent of private flights by any means, but the fact that you flew in on your private jets at the cost of tens of thousands of dollars just for you to make your way to Washington is a bit arrogant before you ask taxpayers for money”.

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Anonymous said…
The auto companies sent multi-millionaires on private jets to plead for free money. That's like sending obese restaurant owners to plead for free food.
November 22, 2008 2:56 am
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