Re: [DML] DeLorean news search

[Peter Lucas <lucas@xxxxxxxx>]

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




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