4th Oct 2010, 20:53
Like I said, it is not that black and white! The global economy we are in needs a balance. To drop every other brand of car and just buy American would actually kill the domestic companies faster as the rest of the world, where they make tons of profits, would surely boycott our cars. Believe me, this is no solution! They would also stop exporting the much needed parts we put into our cars that come from overseas companies, so we wouldn't even be able to manufacture the cars anymore. The domestic companies are in no position to handle this kind of change.
The best solution would really have been to let them fend for themselves, failure or not, and then learn to survive as leaner, better run companies. Instead we've just thrown money at the problem, the Government is now in the car business with a 61% stake in GM, and things are just as pitiful behind the scenes as they always have been. What did we accomplish besides pushing the economy further down the tubes?
4th Oct 2010, 12:40
Supporting lame American Companies is not the answer. They took it upon themselves to get to the point they were and they got bailed out and nothing has really changed all that much.
Why continue to support the businesses that have ruined our country?