# The big three Automakers throw themselvels under the bus.

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**Created:** [November 21, 2008, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-three-automakers-throw-themselvels-under-the-bus/473913 "2008-11-21T21:26:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![tagos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tagos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tagos)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-three-automakers-throw-themselvels-under-the-bus/473913/141 "2008-12-04T13:51:00Z")

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> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#):
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> Yeah, should have clarified a bit- over the long term (ie., the last ten years) its economy has done very well. The last two months, not so much.

No - that’s the whole point. The economy wasn’t doing well. It just looked like it was (like the joke goes - man falling from skyscraper, 'so far, so good, so far, so goo - ’ and all these fuckers were creaming themselves outrageous bonuses off for themselves.

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