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That is fine. If the vehicle is assembled in another country, it should be sold in that country and that country only. If it is a US market vehicle, sell it here.
Sad to see American companies build brand new billion dollar factories in Mexico. This is so wrong, we need congress to create major penalties and fines for this.
Yes, it's time to put Americans first. Let Carlos Slim build billion dollar new plants in Mexico to create 2,800 new jobs. Ford should build that here.
Sending jobs overseas eliminates numerous other linked jobs which support the industry. Then there is the peripheral industries which are affected due to the loss of the workers above. It is akin to fallout following a blast
Yes, a very large ripple effect that will be gained in Mexico and not in the US. We've had 40 years of this stuff, on steroids since NAFTA. It's time for a change - put Americans first for once. Or pay the consequences. After all, we are not communists.
Here we go again........we are presented with a real problem, the continued export of good jobs to other countries and where does the discussion go?
Not what we can do about it, but rather more stupid politics. Reagan has NOTHING to do with this. He's been dead a long time now. The problem is NOW.
We can come together to put pressure on Ford but we will not. We will sit back and make our stupid political rants while more people lose their jobs so Ford can look after Wall Street.
People assume that any trade deal once passed is forever. Baloney. Any administration has the obligation to review any current deals and either accept them, renegotiate them, or cancel them.
People assume that any trade deal once passed is forever. Baloney. Any administration has the obligation to review any current deals and either accept them, renegotiate them, or cancel them.
If we can amend the Constitution trade deals can be amended.
Some trade deals might be bad for a small group of American workers - the ones that lose their jobs when the factories close or move overseas. However, for the vast majority of Americans these trade deals result in them paying significantly lower prices for almost every product that they purchase.
I personally don't want to spend extra money so factory workers in the Rust Belt can keep their jobs and overinflated paychecks. If an uneducated person living in a third world country can do your job, that should be a clear sign that you need to obtain more education and new job skills. If anyone is stupid enough to skip out on educating themselves and not prepare for careers that can't be done by third world peasants, they deserve little sympathy. Just because some people believe that Americans have a divine right to earn 60k a year putting cars together in a factory does not mean that other Americans need to pay for it.
^ this I don't understand why people cannot grasp this concept.
No, the salaries of the CEOs sitting on their fat, lazy asses while they are screwing their workers by outsourcing their jobs, hiring undocumented workers, or flat out leaving the country is what's too damn high. If it weren't for the workers, they wouldn't have a pot to **** in or a window to throw it out of. It's about time American workers reminded them of this.
If they hate the cost of doing business here so much, then every last one of them can get the f--k out of our country. I mean completely, and permanently. They accept the benefits and privileges of American citizenship, but scream like banshees when asked to do what's right.
I suggest a car party. Load up hundreds of Ford cars and trucks and dump them into the nearest accessible harbor.
Well you have three choices:
1) Move out of rust belt Indiana. I suggest moving to a state like Texas.
2) Stay in Indiana and go to your local community college and learn some new skills. Get a nursing degree for instance. The demand for healthcare related jobs is through the roof in this country.
3) Move to Scandinavia where socialist big government will coddle and care for you from the cradle to the grave.
^ this I don't understand why people cannot grasp this concept.
You can start by thinking, "What if my job was outsourced?" But of course those who have difficulty with this concept say to themselves, "My job can never be outsourced" so, seldom cross that bridge.
Timing: Ford confirms it's moving all small car production from Michigan to Mexico...
Ford has been assembling many of their vehicles (incl the F150) in Mexico for decades.
Just think of it as Mexico > China.
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I don't understand why people cannot grasp this concept.
Timing: Ford confirms it's moving all small car production from Michigan to Mexico...
