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Remember when Walmart had that commercial showing Americans all over the country? Doing things like eating hot dogs and apple pie. Then they said they sold American only and support America. When you went in the store there were posters everywhere that said made in the USA. Guess those days are gone. I don't know if they have anything made in America anymore. They need to put out a new commercial showing Chinese people doing Chinese things in China. Then show 12 yr olds working in the factories. Then show some execs counting big piles of money. Makes you wonder how much things would cost if they were made in the USA. Probably not that much more. There would just be a lot less bottom line profit to go around. If prices were too high the stuff wouldn't sell.dacjohns said:I know this thread is about cars but look at Walmart. It used to be American, now it is Chinese. Buy American means don't buy from Walmart.
By the way even the Canada and Mexico stuff is still made in America. As in North America. Japanese cars made in the USA are employing American workers but the parts are made in Japan. they just assemble the parts her. The majority of the profits stay in the Japanese economy. As has been previously stated on this forum the labor cost for cars is only around 10-15% of the cost. The only reason a small portion of the Japanese cars are assembled here is to make Americans feel like they're supporting their country when they put money in the pockets of overseas corporations.
America cars have come a long way in design and quality. They were doing quite well before oil was driven up by speculators. Unfortunately they were busy building cars that Americans wanted, mainly SUV's and trucks. When the gas crunch came last year and all the experts were saying there was no end in sight and gas would be 12.00 a gallon by 2010. People couldn't getrid of their SUV's fast enough. The only people that kept them were upside down or actually needed them for family or job. Sales came to a screeching halt and the only cars Detroit had to offer that got good mileage were a bunch of lackluster entry level cars so the foreign guys did well. Then came the recession and everyone is sucking wind now.
Chevy being number one is just my opinion. Everyone knows what Ford stands for and it's not First On Race Day. Just kidding, They make a good product. I just like Chevy's. Leftover from my 1st car a
66 Chevelle SS.