(quoted from post at 00:23:14 07/15/16)
(quoted from post at 20:23:08 07/14/16) So how does buying a car made in a different country with a few dollars profit sent back to the US really do much good for the US? Add to that Ford and GM do all they can to avoid paying taxes anyways. The profits that go back to share holders do less good than the good wages that a factory worker gets paid, the taxes paid to the state, county, municipality etc., the companies that truck the parts into the factory, the parts that only make logistical sense to make in the US. Such a small minded way of thinking.
To add to all this, does it occur to you that there is a reason that Toyota and Honda, specifically Toyota, are as large as they are? If GM had made good cars that were as good as what Toyota and Honda offered, there would have never been a reason to buy a Japanese car, especially given the stigma that was initially attached to buying a Japanese made anything. People got past that, because in there minds, they couldn't justify buying an inferior car just because it was made by an American company. You want some American family to struggle financially, because of the POS car they bought for no other reason than it was made by an American company, when they could buy a Japanese car, and not continuously empty their pocket book to pay for repairs on their crappy American car?
Gotta question part of that. Someone who has billions invested spends a heck of a lot more than a factory worker so just how isn't fantastic for businesses in general?
2nd question? That means that I can buy a Toyota or Honda, that will seat 8 and will double as a farm truck pulling livestock trailer, grain and hay wagons and have 312,000 on it at trade? With one wheel bearing, transmission at 258,000 miles, 1 alternator, one water pump, one starter, one pitman arm, 2 heater motors and a fuel pump as repairs? Really? Which models and you say they are more reliable? Heck the last 3 Ford cars my wife drove all went over 200 and the most expensive repair was an alternator on any of them. 1 each. So I guess I should have had her driving a Toyota or Honda cause they must be able to do that with no repairs at all?
Rick
