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On December 19, George W. Bush announced that he had approved the bailout plan, which would give loans of $17.4 billion to U.S. automakers GM and Chrysler, stating that under present economic conditions, "allowing the U.S. auto industry to collapse is not a responsible course of action."
According to an April 2014 report of the Special Inspector General of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, the U.S. government had lost $11.2 billion (~$14.2 billion in 2023) in its rescue of General Motors. The U.S. government spent $50 billion to bail out GM, meaning it recovered 77.6 percent of its investment amount. [7]
The Big Three received funding for a $25 billion government loan during October 2008 to help them re-tool their factories to meet new fuel-efficiency standards of at least 35 mpg ‑US (6.7 L/100 km; 42 mpg ‑imp) by 2020. The $25 billion in loans from the Department of Energy to the auto manufacturers were actually authorized by Congress ...
GM paid then-CEO Dan Akerson $9 million in cash and stock in 2013. By Paul Lienert and Bernie Woodall DETROIT -- The U.S. Treasury last year permitted top executives at General Motors (GM) and ...
Automakers are fearful of being tagged as seeking a new government bailout so soon after the 2009 government-funded auto restructurings. Detroit has not sought industry-specific assistance ...
While most of us were alive 20 years ago, peoples' memories of the savings and loan crisis of the early 1990s have faded. But more than 1,000 so-called savings & loans -- banks specifically set up ...
All that money had been returned. $5 billion in loan guarantees for Citigroup ($5 billion). The program closed, with no payment made, on December 23, 2009. $79.7 billion in loans and capital injections to automakers and their financing arms through the Automotive Industry Financing Program. $21.9 billion to buy "toxic" mortgage-related securities.
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