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Fun times in a family business

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Feb 20, 2010: If you ever thought being in a family business and being the grandson of the founder of the #1 automaker in the world would be fun, Think again! As the US government prepares to saturate the airwaves with hearings on the Toyota mess (and (subliminally? or forcefully?) advertise to BUY AMERICAN) they have apparently forced? or cajoled? or embarrassed? the President of Toyota, Akio Toyoda, to appear at one of these stunt meetings 'to get to the bottom of the Toyota issue'. Yea right. Like a bunch of press happy Politicians diverting attention from more important safety issues and trying to bash a foreign car maker is going to do anything of substance to help solve 'the problem?' whatever the real problem is? (i say that since NHTSA and others apparently still aren't convinced!)
See the Associated press article Japan hopes Toyoda can burnish Toyota's image