I have to imagine that the American companies have plenty of foreign employees as well. And that, to me, was why I never understood the whole "rah rah, buy American" bulls***. They're "American" in that they were founded here, period.

Well, and the profits mostly stay here, and the higher paying upper management jobs are mostly here. There is a little more to it than you characterize.

 

Still, I overall agree that the buy American stuff is a bit silly at this point. There are foreign cars with higher American parts and manufacture content than some American cars at this point.

 

Well, and the profits mostly stay here, and the higher paying upper management jobs are mostly here. There is a little more to it than you characterize.

 

Still, I overall agree that the buy American stuff is a bit silly at this point. There are foreign cars with higher American parts and manufacture content than some American cars at this point.

 

Nobody cares about that, to get right down to it. "Buy American" is usually meant to help the average guy working on the floor of the Ford plant. If Ford really gave two s***s about those people, like they want us to, they'd put more time into making a better car. More people would then buy them and they'd be able to hire more people in America.

Edited February 23, 201214 yr by Milkman delivers

Nobody cares about that, to get right down to it. "Buy American" is usually meant to help the average guy working on the floor of the Ford plant. If Ford really gave two s***s about those people, like they want us to, they'd put more time into making a better car. More people would then buy them and they'd be able to hire more people in America.

The argument about making better cars is a decade or two stale. GM and Ford products have improved a lot in that time, in fact until recently Ford was right there with Lexus near the top in reliability. I don't do the Buy American thing, I buy the best car for my needs - sometimes its a Ford or GM product, sometimes it isn't.

 

Chrysler, on the other hand, has been a garbage brand all along.

 

Well, and the profits mostly stay here, and the higher paying upper management jobs are mostly here. There is a little more to it than you characterize.

 

Still, I overall agree that the buy American stuff is a bit silly at this point. There are foreign cars with higher American parts and manufacture content than some American cars at this point.

Also the engineering

The argument about making better cars is a decade or two stale. GM and Ford products have improved a lot in that time, in fact until recently Ford was right there with Lexus near the top in reliability. I don't do the Buy American thing, I buy the best car for my needs - sometimes its a Ford or GM product, sometimes it isn't.

 

Chrysler, on the other hand, has been a garbage brand all along.

100% agreed

GM and Ford products have improved a lot in that time

Plus GM built my dream car.

The Nissan Leaf?!

Hey, Toyota does employ a good number of American workers. (Thanks in no small part to a Reagan era trade war regulation requiring them to do so to continue selling their products here).

 

^^^

 

post of the day.

The Nissan Leaf?!

Obviously the Volt.

 

Not sure i want to pay insurance on 2 cars just so I can have one electric for local driving.

This is pretty embarrassing:

 

Romney campaign speech in Detriot

This is pretty embarrassing:

 

Romney campaign speech in Detriot

 

They couldn't possibly have thought that they would have that many people attend a primary campaign stop.

 

Edit: Was he making a speech about the American auto industry or something at Ford Field?

Edited February 24, 201214 yr by Jenksismybitch

They couldn't possibly have thought that they would have that many people attend a primary campaign stop.

 

Edit: Was he making a speech about the American auto industry or something at Ford Field?

 

Make some excuse and change to a smaller venue or something. Less than 2000 people at a stadium that holds more than 60,000. Even a basketball stadium would look pretty sparse with 2000 people.

 

He was making a general economics speech but I'd guess that the auto companies played a big role. Still, you have to think about the images that would come out.

They couldn't possibly have thought that they would have that many people attend a primary campaign stop.

 

Edit: Was he making a speech about the American auto industry or something at Ford Field?

 

With 5 to 10 thousand people, they could have made that event look huge, actually. If your stage is just past the end zone, the cameras only see one portion of the stadium.

You're already posting non-official event images though.

Jeb Bush:

 

"I used to be a conservative, and I watch these debates and I’m wondering, I don’t think I’ve changed, but it’s a little troubling sometimes when people are appealing to people’s fears and emotion rather than trying to get them to look over the horizon for a broader perspective, and that’s kind of where we are,"

Edited February 24, 201214 yr by StrangeSox

Jeb Bush:

2016

He just openly said he "used to be a conservative" and essentially trashed movement conservatives who are driving their party off of a cliff. I doubt it.

He just openly said he "used to be a conservative" and essentially trashed movement conservatives who are driving their party off of a cliff. I doubt it.

Like when John McCain ruined his Republican career during his brief flirtation with being a centrist.

What the deuce?

 

10 points to the person that finds what's wrong with this picture!!!

Got it.

Edit: mentioned, read the date wrong.

Edited February 27, 201214 yr by StrangeSox

The usual republican tactic of lying about voting dates backfires.

Huh?

The usual republican tactic of lying about voting dates backfires.

Ron Paul bumper sticker

So according to Santorum, Obama is a snob for wanting our children to get a college education. What a dips***. It also turns out that Santorum has more advanced degrees than Obama.