claim: gm has "repaid our government loan, in full, with interest, five years ahead of the original schedule."
author: ed whitacre
evidence_1: may 3, 2010 ... has gm repaid its bailout loan in full with interest, 5 years ahead of schedule?  gm is running ... full answer. many readers have asked us about the white  house-touted news that general motors, and chrysler, repaid loan money from  the treasury department, with interest, ahead of schedule.
evidence_2: may 26, 2011 ... through the troubled asset relief program (tarp), the u.s. government sunk  billions of dollars into the auto industry in an effort to keep giants gm and  chrysler from ... that's why i'm here to announce we have repaid our government  loan, in full, with interest, five years ahead of the original schedule.
evidence_3: apr 30, 2010 ... republican reps. darrell issa of california and jim jordan of ohio have seen  general motors' new television ad, a 60-second spot featuring chairman and  ceo ed whitacre telling viewers that “we have repaid our government loan in full , with interest, five years ahead of the original schedule.” they aren't ...
evidence_4: apr 30, 2010 ... general motors is running a television commercial boasting that it has repaid its " government loan in full with interest five years ahead of the original schedule,"  but critics say the ad misleads the public because the repayment comes from  other government loans.
evidence_5: apr 23, 2010 ... gm even bragged that it was able to “repay the taxpayers in full, with interest,  ahead of schedule, because more customers are buying [gm] vehicles. ... people  deserve more than puffed-up press releases and misleading commercials  claiming that gm paid its loans back to the government with money it ...