GM PAYING BACK TAXPAYERS? Mickey Kaus isn’t buying it. “But of course it’s paying back that debt to taxpayers with money from … taxpayers. Even the new, nicer Truth About Cars isn’t falling for it. GM got $50 billion from the government, after all, mainly for a 60% share in the company. It’s planning to pay back $1.2 billion in December–basically a PR attempt, TTAC speculates, to erase its negative consumer image as a bailout baby.”