When it comes to American cars is this lady doing the correct action?
Posted by James on March 7, 2013 · 4 Comments
Question by Erudite: When it comes to American cars is this lady doing the correct action?
She drives an American car. Ar a stop light if she sees a driver with a foreign car she holds up a sign that says “Buy American”. She tries to shame the owners of foreign cars.
This is happing in Michigan.
Best answer:
Answer by Skyhawk
I wonder if she realizes that both Honda and Toyota are now built in the US and Ford and GM car components are now made in Mexico and/or Canada.
I don’t see how buying an inferior product helps anyone.
It doesn’t help the consumer and it doesn’t help the manufacturer. Recalls, lawsuits, and loss of confidence in the inferior product hurts over the long run.
American car companies had a monopoly for over 75 years. They squandered their monopoly by continuing to produce an inferior product. When the Japanese manufacturers started producing a better product, instead of raising quality, they use false patriotism to guilt people into buying junk.
I guess patriotism is a one way street. Americans are obligated to buy American cars, but the manufacturers have no patriotic obligation to produce a quality product.
I’d laugh at that lady because she’s probably on her way to get her transmission fixed for the third time.
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America can try protectionism if it wants to and we’ll see what happens.
“However, nearly all mainstream economists are supporters of free trade.[1][4] Economic theory, under the principle of comparative advantage, shows that the gains from free trade outweigh any losses; as free trade creates more jobs than it destroys because it allows countries to specialize in the production of goods and services in which they have a comparative advantage.[12] Protectionism results in deadweight loss; this loss to overall welfare gives no-one any benefit, unlike in a free market, where there is no such total loss.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protectionism
“In economics, comparative advantage refers to the ability of a person or a country to produce a particular good at a lower opportunity cost than another person or country.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparative_advantage
You cant buy American anymore. All our jobs have been sent overseas. We dont make anything anymore.
The basic principle here is personal choice. If it is your choice to buy foreign then so be it. Someone can only make you feel bad about something if you allow it.
I would tell her to F— OFF!!
I will spend my money however I see fit. I have no reason to subsidize inept car companies and greedy unions.
Canada and the USA signed an Auto-pact in 1964 whereby the USA got duty free access to Canada and the US companies had to build a car in Canada for everyone they sold here. It has worked out well for both countries. So Americans, when you buy a car made by the Big Three in Canada it is just part of a deal made long ago.