Driving foreign costs America Jobs, Jobs, Jobs!

Here’s what I mean:

On TV they were interviewing a jobless couple whose house was in foreclosure. On the driveway was a Nissan. I shouted,“Guys, people in Japan are bowing at you for their jobs.”

Ugh! Jobless Americans driving foreign cars.....putting even more Americans out of work!

The reality: the Japanese have been luring us for years. They give their vehicles American names. Our media give them billions in free advertising. And they flood us with seductive ads. No wonder we get sucked in.

As to quality, see the March ‘09 J.D. Power report: For reliability, Buick is No. 1, and Lincoln & Mercury are in top 5. Today, differences between Japanese and American, exist only in persons' minds influenced by media who tout Japanese cars. Most media are BIASED.

For years they have been praising Japanese cars and indirectly panning American ones. Japanese dealers quote them:“Consumer Reports says, Edmunds says.” FOR FREE, these publications help sell MILLIONS of Japanese cars. Yes, media’s over the years constant, relentless pounding of the Big 3 has made it a nightmare for them to compete with the Japanese. And because our auto industry is such a major part of our economy, this costs us JOBS, JOBS, JOBS, especially NOW!

But the Japanese say,“We give America jobs. We build cars here and hire Americans to build them.”

So, they assemble SOME here. The idea is to make people think,“Since they’re built here, they’re American.” HOGWASH! They’re still Japanese!

And here’s more reality: MOST Japanese vehicles sold here are built in Japan and shipped here by boat.

But no matter where they’re assembled or their parts come from, what really matters is where profits go. FACT: every year Japanese parent-corporations in Japan reap BILLIONS from vehicles sold in America. Yes, 31% of their income comes from the U.S.(see Google) These billions help Japan, NOT America!

We’re Japan’s cash cow! This, despite we have almost 50 million people with no health care, 37 million in poverty, 12 million kids hungry each day, 77,000 bridges needing rebuilding, highways crumbling, inner-city schools deteriorating, and unemployment the highest in 26 years.

And we feed Japan? Can we build and sell cars in Japan? Nope! In ‘08 they imported a puny 10,000 of ours. But they sold us 3 MILLION!!! Square shooters, NOT!

They’ve even refused to buy our apples. They’re fiercely loyal to their own products. In effect, they close their market to us. But they FEAST on America!

And, BTW, the South Koreans are also parasites on our economy. They sell us 800,000 cars a year but import only 6,000 of ours.

At least the Germans, who build and sell cars here, buy lots of ours. So do the French, Spanish, Italians, British, Chinese, and South Americans. Yes, we build and sell cars almost everywhere but in Japan and South Korea.

Another problem for us: Many GM, Ford, and Chrysler dealers have conflicts of interest. They also run Japanese dealerships. So, of course, they don’t push:“DRIVE AMERICAN!” If they would, they’d sell many more American cars.

Anyway, it’s estimated from “FOREIGN-CAR-I-TIS,” we’ve already lost a million jobs. And if we continue blind to this, estimates say up to 3 million more jobs will be lost. And some predict with trickle down it could be 4 million.

As to the 375,000 or so jobs we get from foreigners to assemble vehicles, well, if from that we lose 3-4 million jobs, that’s OK?

And now with U.S. backing, GM and Chrysler are becoming better, stronger. Even so, the Japanese and Koreans are circling vultures hoping to devour our auto industry. Shall we help them by not supporting our own companies?

NO! NO! Let’s back the new GM and Chrysler, as well as Ford, which on its own is strengthening. In May, for the second month in row, Ford outsold Toyota.

Support America’s economy! DRIVE AMERICAN!

P.S. Please pass this message on!

Most so called "American" cars are at least partially if not mostly manufactured and assembled in Canada and Mexico. There are many "foreign" cars which give a lot of Americans jobs, in fact many people prefer to work for a so-called foreign manufacturer, they may not pay as well but your job is safer.

Hurricane,

Kindly reread the following paragraphs. They address the concerns you mention:
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...MOST Japanese vehicles sold here are built in Japan and shipped here by boat.

But no matter where they’re assembled or their parts come from, what really matters is where profits go. FACT: every year Japanese parent-corporations in Japan reap BILLIONS from vehicles sold in America. Yes, 31% of their income comes from the U.S.(see Google) These billions help Japan, NOT America!

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As to the 375,000 or so jobs we get from foreigners to assemble vehicles, well, if from that we lose 3-4 million jobs, that’s OK?
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Hurricane, you sound like someone who works in a Japanese assembly plant. So no wonder you say what you say. But you must remember what happens to the millions of people in other states who lose their jobs from Americans buying so many foreign cars is bound to eventually affect you and the future of your children and grandchildren.

Think about it.

I am in no way employed by any automotive plant, I am an IT technician.

I drive Japanese due to the higher quality standards and the reliability, if stupid a55ed GM Ford or the foreign owned Chrysler could build something that was not overpriced broken down garbage then I would proudly drive one of them.

"American" cars have went the same way everything else here has, we all got lazy and stupid and quit having any pride, so now "Made In USA" is a big joke and "Made In China" is often better.

It would be nice but is indeed just a pipe-dream for America to be proud and great again.

If you can live with your conscience when you put the economy of a foreign country ahead of your country's, and help build better futures for Japanese children instead of American kids, so be it.

I feel sorry for you.

I would be ashamed to drive or buy Japanese knowing what I would be doing to millions of my fellow Americans. In fact, when I have rented cars at airports, I have refused to accept Japanese ones.

And I have a lot of company.

When you call American cars "garbage" you insult the millions of hard-working people who build them. And you make a lot of people in Japan deliriously happy. They want those yearly billions from the U.S.A. to keep rolling in.

You say you don't sell Japanese cars, but you sure do sound like you do. No ordinary citizen without an axe to grind would trash something American as vehemently as you do. That just flies in the face of common sense.

In any case, SHAME! SHAME! SHAME! SHAME! on you!

And keep in mind:

JAPAN AIRLINES IS READY WHEN YOU ARE! They have some darn good one-way fares.

You sound like the kind of jackass who would drive around a Hu8mmer.

iluvAmerica wrote:

If you can live with your conscience when you put the economy of a foreign country ahead of your country's, and help build better futures for Japanese children instead of American kids, so be it.
I feel sorry for you.
I would be ashamed to drive or buy Japanese knowing what I would be doing to millions of my fellow Americans. In fact, when I have rented cars at airports, I have refused to accept Japanese ones.
And I have a lot of company.
When you call American cars "garbage" you insult the millions of hard-working people who build them. And you make a lot of people in Japan deliriously happy. They want those yearly billions from the U.S.A. to keep rolling in.
You say you don't sell Japanese cars, but you sure do sound like you do. No ordinary citizen without an axe to grind would trash something American as vehemently as you do. That just flies in the face of common sense.
In any case, SHAME! SHAME! SHAME! SHAME! on you!
And keep in mind:
JAPAN AIRLINES IS READY WHEN YOU ARE! They have some darn good one-way fares.

Yep, I would gladly immigrate to a country that has some damned common sense.

America is DOOMED, and jackasses like YOU are why it is doomed, all preachy without any real solution or point.
Where were YOU when everything was getting to where it is now, sitting around with your thumb up your a55 like everyone else is where you were.

BTW, G0 T0 H3ll airlines are waiting for you to cah in your frequent flyer miles.

iluvAmerica wrote:

If you can live with your conscience when you put the economy of a foreign country ahead of your country's, and help build better futures for Japanese children instead of American kids, so be it.
I feel sorry for you.
I would be ashamed to drive or buy Japanese knowing what I would be doing to millions of my fellow Americans. In fact, when I have rented cars at airports, I have refused to accept Japanese ones.
And I have a lot of company.
When you call American cars "garbage" you insult the millions of hard-working people who build them. And you make a lot of people in Japan deliriously happy. They want those yearly billions from the U.S.A. to keep rolling in.
You say you don't sell Japanese cars, but you sure do sound like you do. No ordinary citizen without an axe to grind would trash something American as vehemently as you do. That just flies in the face of common sense.
In any case, SHAME! SHAME! SHAME! SHAME! on you!
And keep in mind:
JAPAN AIRLINES IS READY WHEN YOU ARE! They have some darn good one-way fares.

Calling "American" cars garbage is simply insulting all the little mexicans and french canadians who build them.

I drive around a 94 Honda Civic, built in Canada by Canadian and American workers, 80% of the money from it when it was new stayed in the country, I used to own a 94 Dodge Spirit, it was built in Mexico from Chinese parts, only about 15% of the money from it when it was new stayed in America, btw, the Dodge Spirit shed a transmission and then the engine at HALF the miles that the Honda has on it right now and the Honda STILL runs better than the POS Dodge EVER did.

Yopu are just a hating piece of sh1t and need to get the fuc|< 0ff Topix.

Let's see now...support some unionized yankee's $70/hr lifestyle with my more modest southern wage?
YEAH, RIGHT.
There's nothing more "American" than getting quality goods for a reasonable price--I don't care where they come from.

I was shopping for a new, small pickup and looking seriously at a Colorado or Canyon...but when General Motors became "Government Motors" I bought a Nissan