What happened to Made in America?

[gf2020]

Originally Posted by redneck24

i see it everyday in my business as well. toyota has ruined the car industry. all you have to do is go to mikes this weekend and you will see at least 3 tundras outside. it kills me that people buy this crap. bunch of hippocrates talking trash about foreign plugs when parked outside is thier toyota or other jap crap. makes me laugh.

What are you talking about? You haven't heard of this thing called a global economy?

Most Toyotas sold here in the US are made here in the US. The Tundra is assembled in San Antonio, Texas; the engines are built in Huntsville, Alabama.

You might argue that the corporate headquarters are in Japan but Toyota employs over 30,000 auto workers in the US.

My Nissan Titan was built in Canton, Mississippi. My Subaru Outback was built in Lafayette, Indiana. My previous Chevrolet Silverado was built in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.

[striperman36]

Corporate profits are driven by lower cost production

In a global economy all parties get to play. If a company is able to get your job done by someone who is willing to do it more cheaply, what happens?

Your job goes to the lowest bidder and your lookin for other work, now they import those lower paid people into the US too.

Did they ever put those overseas operators in the Wendy's Drive thrus? No, hey imported the person to stand there and do it at the minimum wage.

[Raven]

quote: Paul Wood. "Global companies go to global solutions.''

Maybe we need a new philosophy towards companies that only want to do business with America and are not out to compete globally.

they are in Business to help America first and foremost.
Not the world.


if that's protectionism ---- then so be it.