Reply to "The Bailout..."

That's re latest really low. The latest Polk numbers show Ford a better quality than Toyota. Gas mileage; check fuel consumption on you Tundra or Armanda. You pay more for a Honda, Toyota or Nissan, than you would for a Ford or GM. Yes after 2-3 years the imports have a better resale value, but remember you paid more upfront. Recalls you say, The North Americans publish them the imports keep them hidden then bill you when you come in for the MANDATORY maintenance.
BAILOUT you say, how many jobs do Honda, Toyota or Nissan create in North America? Let's see; designed in Japan, parts manufactured in Japan from Japanese suppliers and Japanese materials, no tax or duty on any of it, Only thing about American assembled cars is US labour (oh yeah 20% less hours than an similar American designed car – more sub assemblies) also these guys earn less than their UAW counterparts and have a weaker pension fund / these companies also don't have a pension responsibility because they are just starting in this venture. Their Japanese labour force is paid peanuts compared to our labour force. How about the $'s ¢'s, well lets ask how much Alabama and Texas has given to these guys: no taxes, free land, loans....
At the end of the day, week, month, year the import suppliers leave very little in this country. Ford, GM and Chrysler are asking for a loan to not a free blank check like the banks. As for Chrysler I’m not sure, when Daimler claimed a merger it was really a takeover, when they bailed-out they sold the company at discount and the people who bought it out usually cut the companies up to recoup their investment, I do hope they can save the corporation without too much slashing . Try to picture this, every manufacturing jobs supports 7 other jobs, (grocery, city, school, department store ect..) Should just 1 of the manufacturers go under how many jobs would die in your community, (yeah I know some of them will find new jobs, but not 100%). Now imagine all 3 go under how many jobs are gone now; from the design people, assembly plant, part supplier, dealership staff local jobber store…and their 7 non automotive related supported jobs.


As it stands today, you've already bailed-out the imports a long time ago thru your jobs and factories (see previous thread where you got dared to find 3 items you bought that were made in USA in the last week)