No, I wouldn't agree, GfinS... It wasn't "buy-off" money, at all... It was responsible governance... It saved over a 100,000 jobs... It saved two companies that have provided employment to 100,000s of thousnads of peope over the years and best part about it??? The US taxpayers actually made a profit on the loans... That's amazing in itself...

But being an ol' Ford man (my dad was a factory rep) I'm glad that Ford was able to forgo having to borrow... Means they have been outthinkin' the competition of late... That's good 'causer them buying Junk-uar was a dismal decision on their part...

B~

p.s. Ask the folks in Spawzer's state of Ohio if saving GM was worth it... He'll tell you in spades... I mean, Ohio is GM country and GM and its suppliers are the largest private employers in the state...