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Old 04-11-2009, 02:33 PM   #11
alyscat
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Default Re: U.S. government to buy 17,600 American-made autos

Sounds to me like they might be buying more fuel efficient cars. I wish they'd hold off and buy REAL fuel efficient cars - The gov (at all levels, down to local) buys cars every year, so this might not be such a big thing, other than the fact that it's the feds, but think of all the vehicles you see around military bases, etc. This may not be much more than what they are already doing. I don't have the figures in front of me, and don't have time to go look.
alys

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Originally Posted by peaceandlove View Post
This sounds eerily like a bailout to me!
U.S. government to buy 17,600 American-made autos

Friday, April 10, 2009

Washington Business Journal

President Barack Obama said the U.S. government will buy 17,600 new, fuel-efficient (I wonder what that means, sometimes it's wiser to drive the car you have instead of paying an outrageous price for a new vehicle) vehicles from ailing American automakers by June 1.

Obama made the announcement Thursday in a statement issued by the White House, saying the General Services Administration will spend $285 million of Recovery Act Funds to purchase the vehicles for the government fleet.

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