wow, talk about confused!

[queenlives]

(either me or them, take your pick

from wsj: Chrysler asks for $2 billion more in federal loans
By Shawn Langlois, MarketWatch
Last update: 5:26 p.m. EST Feb. 17, 2009
Comments: 40
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Chrysler LLC, drowning in debt as car sales continue to spiral, bumped its request for an additional $3 billion in federal loans to $5 billion on Tuesday and submitted a blueprint to legislators mapping out a survival strategy to back its plea.

and then,

from cnn: Chrysler asks for another $5 billion
Automaker says it now needs a total of $9 billion in federal help to turn around the company; will cut 3,000 jobs

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Chrysler LLC presented its new turnaround plan to the federal government Tuesday and said it'll need an additional $5 billion in additional federal loans to allow the company to survive.

so i'm guessing the earlier, "is it a rat or a mouse" discussion is nothing compared to this....

 

[Dtrigg]

Oh come on Hal. It's a whole new ball game. What's a few billion here or there. They need three billion. Oh what the heck, just give them five billion even if they only want two billion...

We'll just print more money.

I hear people using the "T" word all the time. How many zeros are there in a billion and a trillion?

That's some real cracker jack reporting there...

 

[White92]

That's some real cracker jack reporting there...

I think that's what started half of this mess in the first place. Sometimes I wish someone you use that $780 billion and shut down the media outlets.