From the former CEO the administration brought in.

So long as TARP money is wrapped up in GM, the company will never shake its "Government Motors" image. That label, as competitors and GM employees are keenly aware, is code for one thing: "GM is a failure." And while GM might have been a failure three years ago, it's not today. But it's also not the master of its own destiny—and it never will be as long as it's under TARP.

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