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Government Motors today announced that last quarter’s sales were zero. Company spokesman Youwanna Nicecar said “It can only go up from here. Government Motors has not participated in development of the new engineless vehicles mandated by CAFE standards last year requiring up to 50% of new vehicles manufactured consume no energy at all. This resulted in disqualification from the Federal Bailout Program all manufacturers are now required to participate in if they want to make or sell products within the Milky Way Galaxy.

In response to the economic crisis, Congressional Democrats unveiled H.R. 1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, also known as the Stimulus bill. After several weeks of debate, a $787 billion package filled with an array of funding for government healthcare, education, energy, and infrastructure programs was agreed upon.

The Stimulus bill passed on a party line vote, with all but three Senate Republicans opposing the bill, and was signed into law on February 17, 2009. I strongly opposed H.R. 1 for three primary reasons.