Atvm News - 2018 Fed Budget Proposal

[Frim]

Yep. LIke Lady Ga Ga and I are both human beings born in the same century.
I can personally guarantee that Lady Ga Ga and I have absolutely nothing to do with one another.
Trust me on that.

A little liberal logic here. Can you prove that you and Lady Gaga have no relationship?

 

[Elio Amazed]

You'll have to ask her Frim.
BTW, have you exercised today?
Got to keep on you buddy.

 

[NSTG8R]

A little liberal logic here. Can you prove that you and Lady Gaga have no relationship?

Right! Like the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon!

 

[Frim]

You'll have to ask her Frim.
BTW, have you exercised today?
Got to keep on you buddy.

Yep, Donald and I jogged around the lake. We were going to have lunch but he had to leave for Florida.

 

[NSTG8R]

Yep, Donald and I jogged around the lake. We were going to have lunch but he had to leave for Florida.

That's good! The only exercise I get is jumping to conclusions!

 

[CheeseheadEarl]

Back on track for a sec, the proposal would cut ATVM out of the 2018 budget. The program has a budget for this year already. How much, I dunno, but the fiscal year runs either to or through October (I forget which) - so even if it gets killed for next year, we have 6 months or so of hope.

 

[Elio Amazed]

A little liberal logic here. Can you prove that you and Lady Gaga have no relationship?

Come to think of it, I can.

I'm broke. She's not.
Rest assured that if we had a relationship...

There's no way that I would NOT be spending her money.

 

[Rob Croson]

Back on track for a sec, the proposal would cut ATVM out of the 2018 budget. The program has a budget for this year already. How much, I dunno, but the fiscal year runs either to or through October (I forget which) - so even if it gets killed for next year, we have 6 months or so of hope.

The funds for the loan are not paid out in a lump sum on loan approval. They are drawn out in smaller payments over the life of the loan. Just because you get approved for $186M doesn't necessarily mean you get all $186M in day 1. I don't know what would happen if you got loan approval and then the program was canceled before you got all (or even any) of the money. Would it stay allocated and available because it was already committed? Or would it just be taken back, and too bad for you?

 

[Johnny Acree]

$186M? Is that enough? Back when EM applied for the loan, maybe. but a lot has changed since then.

 

[Elio Amazed]

$186M? Is that enough? Back when EM applied for the loan, maybe. but a lot has changed since then.

Nope. At last word, EM maintained that they need $300M to START production.