Why can't those silly creditors see that the Government just wants to help them? Tom Smith

What a hoot:

Earlier Thursday an administration official said the restructuring of Chrysler LLC will go forward even though a handful of hedge funds have refused to accept the Treasury Department's offer to cut the auto maker's debt.

"Their failure to act in either their own economic interest or the national interest does not diminish the accomplishments" by Chrysler, its planned alliance partner Fiat SpA and other stakeholders in the company, the official said, "nor will it impede the new opportunity Chrysler now has to restructure and emerge stronger going forward."

"After a month of tireless negotiations, the administration went into yesterday afternoon with the full support of Chrysler's key stakeholders, including the UAW and the largest creditors," the administration official said. "That support remains."

Some of the largest banks agreed to take $2 billion in cash in exchange for giving up $6.9 billion in secured debt. On Wednesday that auto task force increased the offer to $2.25 billion, but a few of the creditors rejected that.

"While the administration was willing to give the holdout creditors a final opportunity to do the right thing, the agreement of all other key stakeholders ensured that no hedge fund could have a veto over Chrysler's future success," the official said.

Boy, the Treasury is acting like it just doesn't care whether it hurts the hedge funds' feelings.

Comments

[PaulD]

Maybe someone can explain to me how the government can force GM or Chrysler bondholders to accept the deals being offered outside of a bankruptcy proceeding? Can it? Is there some type of enabling legislation that allows the treasury to act as a bankruptcy court?

[MIkeD]

FYI:
http://www.businessinsider.com/obamas-choice-protect-the-taxpayer-or-protect-the-uaw-2009-4

[krome]

I can't wait to see the cars they turn out afte the goverment is running them (with hte UAW calling the shots).

Can anyone picture the battery powered Yugo update, or a solar powered Lada in their future?

[Jonathan]

Let's screw the bondholders. Why should any federally restructured company worry about its credit rating so long as Uncle Barry is implicitly promising an endless series of checks written on the taxpayers' account? Hey, he's got elections to win.