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<blockquote data-quote="aplusmnt" data-source="post: 289746" data-attributes="member: 1399"><p>I kind of got a bad taste in my mouth back in the 80's when Lee Iaccoca had those commercials out about Buying American made cars. </p><p></p><p>At that time I had two work vehicles a Dodge Carevan and a Dodge D50 small pickup. When I opened the hood and looked at the motor they had Mitsubishi motors in them.</p><p></p><p>I figured if he wanted us to buy American so bad why did he not practice what he preached and buy American made motors to put in these cars? </p><p></p><p>Kind of like local business will spend money on ads about buying local and keeping money in the community but them same bussinesses will be hiring out of state Janitorial companies to clean, out of state contractors to build their buildings etc....If I know a company makes the sacrafice to and hires locally I will give them my full support no matter the price of their goods. </p><p></p><p>But I hate hypocrites! </p><p></p><p>It is hard to classify which cars are truly American made now. You can not just say Ford is American made and take it to the bank. Basically you have to look at a percentage as to how American made are they? Maybe ford is like 50% American made and Toyota is 25%. </p><p></p><p>For me I will always shop American made first if they give me the same respect and keep the money in the states. But once they decide to buy their brake pads in China then the gloves are off. They better sale me on a better product or else I will be driving a Toyota.</p><p></p><p><em><strong>PS.</strong> According to GM's 10K report, their cost per hour in wages and benefits for UAW workers last year was $83 an hour. They can't live with that."</em></p><p><em></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aplusmnt, post: 289746, member: 1399"] I kind of got a bad taste in my mouth back in the 80's when Lee Iaccoca had those commercials out about Buying American made cars. At that time I had two work vehicles a Dodge Carevan and a Dodge D50 small pickup. When I opened the hood and looked at the motor they had Mitsubishi motors in them. I figured if he wanted us to buy American so bad why did he not practice what he preached and buy American made motors to put in these cars? Kind of like local business will spend money on ads about buying local and keeping money in the community but them same bussinesses will be hiring out of state Janitorial companies to clean, out of state contractors to build their buildings etc....If I know a company makes the sacrafice to and hires locally I will give them my full support no matter the price of their goods. But I hate hypocrites! It is hard to classify which cars are truly American made now. You can not just say Ford is American made and take it to the bank. Basically you have to look at a percentage as to how American made are they? Maybe ford is like 50% American made and Toyota is 25%. For me I will always shop American made first if they give me the same respect and keep the money in the states. But once they decide to buy their brake pads in China then the gloves are off. They better sale me on a better product or else I will be driving a Toyota. [i][b]PS.[/b] According to GM's 10K report, their cost per hour in wages and benefits for UAW workers last year was $83 an hour. They can't live with that." [/i] [/QUOTE]
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