Mark Verbrugge said:Ralph Berg said:Mark Verbrugge said:
Perhaps brcause my "American" Dodge was made in Mexico...Protect who against what???3 out of ten “Most American Cars” are not American!
http://www.cars.com/go/advice/Story.jsp?section=top&subject=ami&story=amMade0808
Buy American and protect our jobs. Plain and simple.
Do your homework.
I bought my wife a Buick Lucerne instead of a Buick LaCrosse. The Lucerne, made in Michigan. The LaCrosse made in Canada.
Buy a Toyota or Nissan, as long as they are models built in the US.
We are a debtor nation because we now produce very little and import nearly everything.
Ralph
So plain and simple as you say…do you buy any toy trains made in China??? How 'bout Germany? You could buy only american made trains (HLW) or used early Lionel ‘G’ on ebay. We could also scrath build only, assuming we could verify the wood and plastic we use came from US sources. Do you watch TV on an American set or surf the net on a US computer? I “buy American” when I have two equal choices to pick from, I will even pay a penalty to a certain extent, but buying everything American is not always possible and buy the trains, cars, or electronics you wish. Two of my three cars are American built but one has a high Canadian parts content.I remember that clown Ioccaca (sp?) telling us to “Buy American” while his comany was importing huge numbers of imports and slapping an “American” label on them. If the big 3 want us to “buy American” they should practice what they preach, “plain and simple”.
I could give a rats ass about the big three. Matter of fact, I said buy a Nissan or Toyota that is made here.
If I buy any trains new, rather than used, it will be Hartland.
I’ve been looking for a pair of American made boots for several months.
And yes, it is not always possible to “Buy American”.
Sad.
No wonder we have places in our country with unemployment rates near 20%.
Not to mention underemployment. My hours and pay have been reduced by 20%. How many are in this same situation? Where are these statistics?
We’ll all be thinking long and hard about our Chinese crap while we stand in the unemployment line.
Ralph