Paul Ryan Releases Video– Attacks Obama Administration on GM "Shell Game"

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) Disputes GM Repayment Claims: “It’s Time to Put an End to Crony Capitalism”

Representatives Paul Ryan (R-WI), Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) and Scott Garrett (R-NJ) released a letter this week to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner critical of the Obama Administration’s General Motor’s shell game.
Ryan also released this video on the recent GM ad campaign.

You may have read reports from the Obama Administration or seen ads on TV claiming that General Motors has fully paid back what it owes you the American taxpayer.

These claims struck me as odd and misleading. The federal government still owns over 60% of this auto company. This so-called repayment is actually a transfer of $6.7 billion from one taxpayer-funded bailout account to another.

As this is your money, I think you deserve some clarity on this shell game. My colleagues Congressmen Jeb Hensarling, Scott Garrett and I have asked Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner to provide an updated, accurate, and honest account of the taxpayer money that is still propping up General Motors.

If anyone is owed a clear and honest explanation it is those hit hardest by the downturn in the auto industry, including those I serve in Janesville, Kenosha, Oak Creek and the surrounding communities in Southern Wisconsin.

It is time to put an end to the crony capitalism in Washington.

Today, Representatives Darrell Issa of (R-CA) and Jim Jordan (R-OH) sent a blistering letter to General Motors CEO Ed Whitacre this week accusing the company of misleading the American public.

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