{"id":868,"date":"2013-03-07T17:57:13","date_gmt":"2013-03-07T17:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.faultorfeature.com\/?p=868"},"modified":"2013-03-07T17:57:13","modified_gmt":"2013-03-07T17:57:13","slug":"when-it-comes-to-american-cars-is-this-lady-doing-the-correct-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.faultorfeature.com\/?p=868","title":{"rendered":"When it comes to American cars is this lady doing the correct action?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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by USCPSC<\/a><\/div>\n

Question by Erudite<\/i>: When it comes to American cars is this lady doing the correct action?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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.
\nThis is happing in Michigan.<\/p>\n

Best answer:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Answer by Skyhawk<\/i>
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.<\/p>\n

I don’t see how buying an inferior product helps anyone.
\nIt 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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

I’d laugh at that lady because she’s probably on her way to get her transmission fixed for the third time.<\/p>\n

Know better? Leave your own answer in the comments!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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