(cough, bs, cough, bs)

Are you serious, you think they are doing this to better US auto makers bottom lines? Ha-ha. Not at tall. Toyoda could have said he wasn't coming, in fact he did, ask yourself why he changed his mind.

I mean, reverse that logic. If Chevrolet had killed 30+ people, hid behind a TSB to save 100M then had to recall nearly everything in its lineup and Congress DIDN'T call the CEO in you'd say "see, there goes the Government protecting its investment"...wouldn't you?

Did you catch the part where Toyota was boasting about saving 100M by not doing a full recall?
http://www.gazette.com/articles/wash...m-boasted.html

This is nothing more than Congressman trying to pump themselves up for the camera because they can't accomplish anything in their office. Think "steroids", "bank CEOs", "Oil CEOs" and the list goes on. Nothing ever gets accomplished and even if Toyoda gets crushed in his 'hearings' Toyota will be fine as long as it can fix its issues.

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