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Originally Posted by JTraik
Who said they should refuse to build it? The consumer should refuse to buy it.
And if the consumer refuses to buy it, the cars don't sell, the company cuts back, the workers get laid off and what is accomplished?
Maybe you should have researched what you were buying before you bought it. I want a vehicle with American engineering, American raw material manufacturing and American assembly, the big 3 are the only ones who can offer that. And no I would not buy a PT Cruiser... its ugly and it doesn't meet my above criteria.
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American engineering, American raw material manufacturing and American asembly.....sadly I cannot think of 1 vehicle that qualifies for that criteria 100%. I could buy a Dodge Dakota like my new one in '96, but it was assembled"all or part" in Mexico. I could buy a Suburban but parts of it come from Canada. I could buy a F150, but alas, it has stickers on it about parts or assembly may or may not be from Canada or Mexico.
I've no great prejuidice about American or "foreign" cars, owned and currently own both. But let me say this.....my PT was built by mexican workers, paid by a American company. Their wages were primarily spent in Mexico.
My Tundra was built by American workers, paid by a Japanese company. Their wages were spent in America.
Which vehicle seems to be the most "American" or "Patriotic"? The profits from my PT went to a "big 3" executive who recently took a chunk of yours and mine tax money.
The profits from my Tundra went to a foreign executive who has not asked for my tax money. But
his employees, like you and I,
also gave part of their tax money to a "big 3" executive.
The one constant problem with "buy American" philosophy is that America is not a isolationist country. You bought the computer screen that you're reading this on from a shop in America, the screen is most likely made,
all or part, in a foreign country. But it was sold by a American business, probably a vendor or dealer for foreign made items. Just like my Tundra. An American dealer, being a licensed vendor for a foreign item, sold me the vehicle.
We, you and I, are really no different, no less "guilty" or innocent, of being consumers without 100% buy American street cred.
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