Troubled Automaker Chrysler to Seek $3 Million More in Government Funds, Plans to Go Ahead with "Terminator 4" Sponsorship Venture

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Chrysler LLC should have been put out of its misery a long time ago. The company should have folded the last time its management came grovelling for bailout money. Well, here they come again. Chrysler is now demanding more of your money to save their sorry asses. You see, they kicked us in the face the first time around--taking out a big advertisement in the newspapers telling us thank you for the money, and while they turned around and dumped cash into a movie-making venture. They’ve got $4 billion in federal bailout money and are asking for another $3 billion to seal a deal with Italian car manufacturer, Fiat.

Chrysler got $4 billion in emergency aid from the U.S. government and has said it will seek another $3 billion in government loans. And yesterday it agreed to form an alliance with Italy’s Fiat as it looks for the road out of the woods. The Fiat deal fine print reportedly makes it conditional on Chrysler’s getting that extra U.S. loan. So, now we have Fiat trying to screw us over.

The troubled auto maker is not letting its economic woes keep it from going to the movies. The company plans to help underwrite the fourth installment of the “Terminator” movie series, “Terminator Salvation,” where it will place its vehicles in cameo roles. The film is scheduled for release later this year. The financial terms of the sponsorship deal were not disclosed. Seems to me like they should have terminated Chrysler a long time ago. As a person who owned a Chrysler minivan a few years ago, I can attest to the horrible quality of their vehicles. I would never purchase another Chrysler again. I am sure many people feel the same way.

“This spring, "Terminator 4" comes out and we will be one of the sponsors,” Chrysler director of media Susan Thomson said in a presentation at the Automotive News World Congress. “We have a following with the Terminator movies and we are going to continue with that.” Are they dumb enough to think that they could keep this little movie venture a secret? They didn't deserve the money the first time and they certainly don't deserve it this time around. Put them out of their misery. They need to go out of business. They are literally sucking the United States dry.