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Donklephant » GM Repayment: Beyond the Headlines

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Thursday, November 19, 2009 1:22:38 AM GMT Monday, November 16, 2009 10:44:44 PM GMT

Our auto company GM is “repaying” some of the bailout money early! Or so say the headlines.

But the reality is a little bit different.

Some background, in case you don’t remember all the payments you made to own 61% of GM. The government placed $6.7 billion in a “contingency fund” in case things got worse for the auto maker. Things seem like they aren’t getting worse, so GM will not need the money. As the Washington Post’s “Economy Watch” analyst Frank Ahrens notes

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