Обама, 2010:
President Barack Obama on Thursday celebrated the return of a reborn General Motors to the U.S. stock market, saying it shows some of the “tough decisions that we made” during the financial crisis were beginning to pay off.
“American taxpayers are now positioned to recover more than my administration invested in GM, and that’s a good thing,”
Реальность, 2012:
/.../the bailout hasn’t paid off well enough for the Treasury Department to sell the stock back. At GM’s Friday price of $24.14 per share, Treasury would lose about $15 billion from the bailout. For the federal government to break even on the bailout, GM would reportedly have to more than double its stock price to $53 per share.
Вот и у ещё одного обещания срок годности истёк.
Но помощь близка:
The DOD plans to purchase 1,500 models of the Volt, which has been burdened with lethargic sales and mounting losses since the automaker launched it in 2010.
Я всё больше думаю, что урезать им бюджет хорошенько - не такая уж плохая идея. Может быть, тогда они задумаются о том, является ли борьба с глобалвомингом за счёт налогоплательщиков такой уж хорошей идеей.
И последний кадр:
the United States alleged in a WTO complaint that the Chinese government provided its auto parts makers with hundreds of millions of dollars annually in improper export subsidies.
Hundreds of millions? Сынки. Жалкие подражатели Великого.