4th Nov 2010, 10:35
So what? GM and Ford have many many global companies that manufacture cars all over the world. They make profits from them just like Japan makes profits from the cars sold here. Why are Americans so threatened by good old competition? If we all boycott the vehicles sold here by any import companies, where would that really get us? Do you think it would save the American economy? Seriously? Our product lines would fail overseas after their own boycotts to retaliate, and the big three would be in worse shape than they are now.
I'm not so sure why anyone thinks we should close our borders economically when we are already in deep trouble. The U.S. manufactures very little these days, so what products would we actually have if we boycott imports? Cars are just one small part of manufacturing, but throwing the balance of the global auto industry on its ear by refusing to buy an import is a real bad idea.
You should actually be embracing the import technology that has driven the American auto industry to a much higher level over the past two decades. We owe nearly all of the advances in technology to the import companies like the Japanese.
4th Nov 2010, 12:09
So now it is clear. Every single piece of item made in China having a parent company in the U.S. isn't Chinese, it's American. All those recalls that were labelled Chinese goods aren't Chinese after all, they were ALL American. All the tainted vegetables grown in Mexico having a parent company in the U.S. isn't Mexican, they were ALL American. Wow!
4th Nov 2010, 10:22
And one more time - who cares? If George works for Toyota in a plant in Texas, gets a paycheck, pays his mortgage with his income, pays taxes with his paycheck that in turn pays for schools and roads in the USA, then can you please explain why this is a bad thing? If you can do so, perhaps you'll actually have a valid argument.