They were not paid to do this. They earned their money at other jobs, but dropped what they were doing when the fire bell rang.

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You know, no one says that you can fire the head of the General Motors, by giving them this money, but once you decided they can do it, they can do it.

你知道，没有人说,你能让大众汽车的总裁走人，给他一笔钱，但一旦政府决定你能做，你就能做。

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