On Feb 11, 2004, at 8:24 PM, Michael C. Babb wrote: > Between 1978 and 1982, almost £80m had been pumped into the > company by the taxpayer. And yet, by January 2003, following 20 years > of > protracted recovery, the government has managed to get back only £20m > (net) of its initial outlay. Put in every day terms, this equates to > every man, woman and child in NI contributing approximately £45 to > perhaps the most notorious failure ever seen here Or, viewed from a different perspective, the UK taxpayers have contributed approximately $15,000 to each of us toward our ability to own perhaps the coolest car ever seen here. :-) I guess I can't blame them for being grumpy. --Pete Lucas VIN #06703 To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/