Big Three auto CEOs flew private jets to ask for taxpayer money - http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/11/19/autos.ceo.jets/index.html

This just drives me insane! When contacted the companies stated that it was standard procedure for CEOs to travel this way. Is it also standard procedure to ask for $25 billion of tax payer money. As Steve Daul has said before on his morning radio show, instead of giving the automakers $25 billion, we should instead have congress give each American a discount to go out and buy a car or give us each a free one.

By Josh Levs
CNN
Big Three auto CEOs flew private jets to ask for taxpayer money

"There is a delicious irony in seeing private luxury jets flying into Washington, D.C., and people coming off of them with tin cups in their hand, saying that they're going to be trimming down and streamlining their businesses," Rep. Gary Ackerman, D-New York, told the chief executive officers of Ford, Chrysler and General Motors at a hearing of the House Financial Services Committee.

"It's almost like seeing a guy show up at the soup kitchen in high hat and tuxedo. It kind of makes you a little bit suspicious."

He added, "couldn't you all have downgraded to first class or jet-pooled or something to get here? It would have at least sent a message that you do get it."

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