Re: [FWDLK] Where is everyone?

[David Homstad <dhomstad@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ray,

Yes, 95% of the parts are "Made in USA". But that remaining 5% comes from
Japan at an inflated value. This shifts the profit to Japan so little income
tax is paid to the US IRS, and taxes paid on the profit shifted to Japan go
to the Japanese Gov't.

Dave Homstad
56 Dodge D500

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Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Where is everyone?

It used to be "Made in USA", then Congress changed the law so that
"Made in America" was OK. the dumb american public thought that was the
same. Years ago, Chebby big cars were made in Canada, railed to
Janesville, WI and had final assembly point: "Janesville, WI" on the
MFG plate. What they did there was have guys go down the line of cars
and install the right hand rear view mirror.
Honda built their US plant in Maryville, OH, and started building cars
eventually with 95% US content. The US top execs would come down for
tours to see how they were building so efficiently, with no union, and
took home nothing. Can't teach them.
Honda tried to join the AAMA (Big three assoc.) and were told no,
"You're foreign". This while most US cars were built in Canada and
Mexico. Now we're down to 2 1/2 US mfg.. and they may go. Can't teach
them! Let it happen, maybe Honda, Toyota and others will buy them up
and make them successful.

Which ever way it goes, the top 4 levels of execs should be fired on
the spot, with no exit packages and no bonuses. Same for anything else
the Gov. takes over, walk in, excort the execs out, and replace with
qualified people responsible to the Feds.
Ray


On Nov 17, 2008, at 7:41 AM, Greg Robertson wrote:

It's not just political correctness, it's also about manufacturing
reality.  BMW, Mercedes, Subaru, Nissan, Toyota, and others all build
cars here while our big three have shut plants here and opened more and
more plants overseas.  I love my PT Cruiser, but it was built in Mexico
while a cousin of mine's Subaru was built in Indiana by Americans,
using a lot of American-made parts.   So what does "buy American" mean
any more?

Maybe it just means buy and keep more ForwardLook cars. Nothing more
American than that.

Greg Robertson
'55 Savoy


On Nov 17, 2008, at 5:29 AM, JRawa@xxxxxxx wrote:

>
> stop importing and buy american....good idea.... but then we'd be a
> pro-american country and economy... and thats not politically correct
> in the modern world...
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