The White House says neither GM nor Chrysler submitted acceptable plans to receive more bailout money, setting the stage for a crisis in Detroit and putting in motion what could be the final two months of two American auto giants.
The Obama administration, however, has decided not to require the automakers to immediately repay government loan money they previously received, since that would force both companies into Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
A senior administration official told FOX News, "calling in the loans would not be a productive exercise for the American taxpayer since the companies don't have the money [to repay the loans] and it would simply put the companies into uncontrolled Chapter 11."
Obama was set to make the announcement at 11 a.m. Monday in the White House's foyer.
In an interview with CBS' "Face the Nation" broadcast Sunday, Obama said the companies must do more to receive additional financial aid from the government.
"We think we can have a successful U.S. auto industry. But it's got to be one that's realistically designed to weather this storm and to emerge -- at the other end -- much more lean, mean and competitive than it currently is," Obama said.
Instead, the administration has decided to give Chrysler 30 days to work out a deal with Fiat and GM 60 days to come up with a new restructuring plan. Both companies will be provided with "some working capital" during those time periods. - FOX News Story
Wasn't it Obama who pushed for the first round of bailouts for the Automakers? He pushed and said that we can not allow them to fail that would be catastrophic for the economy.
Now he has seen the light. Or has he? What does the "both companies will be provided with some working capital" mean? It means more of our money going to them. You can be sure that it won't be an insignificant amount either. It will be Billions of "working capital".
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