Buying American Made save your future

[Scooter]

I love when someone tells me "You need to start buying American". My usual reply to this is if your going to give me the money, then I will buy what ever products you want. If I am the one going to work everyday to earn a living with no help from UAW members, Democrats, Republicans or uncle Fred down the street, then I will spend my money how and where I see fit.

 

[Hardass]

So have we saved our selves yet?

 

[kraftymike]

Thought this was interesting. I have been watching this debate
and yet to weigh in. As far as sleds go, given the current situations facing us, I would buy which ever sled finally stood up and took a head on approach to fighting land closures.


Pay attention Americans!



WORTH SENDING AROUND, SINCE THEY ARE IN TROUBLE NOW.

GM, Ford, & Chrysler


INTERESTING...maybe the country should consider bailing them out to some degree

Nothing needs to be said... Ford, Chrysler and GM's contributions after 9/11

An interesting commentary...You might find this of interest:

CNN Headline News did a short news listing regarding Ford and GM's
contributions to the relief and recovery efforts in New York and Washington .

The findings are as follows.....

1. Ford & nbsp;- $10 million to American Red Cross matching employee contributions
of the same number plus 10 Excursions to NY Fire Dept. The company also
offered ER response team services and office space to displaced government employees.

2. GM - $10 million to American Red Cross matching employee contributions
of the same number and a fleet of Vans, SUV's, and Trucks.

3. Daimler Chrysler - $10 million to support of the children and victims
of the Sept. 11 attack.

4. Harley Davidson motorcycles - $1 million and 30 new
motorcycles to the New York Police Dept.

5. Volkswagen - Employees and management created a Sept 11 Foundation,
funded initial with $2 million, for the assistance of the children and victims of the WTC.

6. Hyundai - $300,000 to the American Red Cross.

7. Audi - see VW

8. BMW - Nothing.

9. Daewoo - Nothing.

10. Fiat - Nothing.

11. Honda - Nothing despite boasting of second best sales month ever in August 2001

12. Isuzu - Nothing.

13. Mitsubishi - Nothing.

14. Nissan - Nothing.

15. Porsche - Nothing. Press release with condolences via the Porsche website.

16. Subaru - Nothing.

17. Suzuki - Nothing.

18. Toyota - Nothing despite claims of high sales in July and August 2001.
Condolences posted on the website .

Whenever the time may be for you to purchase a new vehicle, keep this information in mind. You might want to give more consideration to a car manufactured by an American-owned and / or American based company. Apart from Hyundai and Volkswagen, the foreign car companies contributed nothing at all to the citizens of the United States ... It's OK for these companies to take money out of this country, but it is apparently not acceptable to return some in a time of crisis. I believe we should not forget things like this. Say thank you in a way that gets their attention..

 

[UintaVentureBoys]

Buying American sounds great and patriotic but unfortunately people want quality and the best bang for their buck and that can't always be found with American products. Our government taxes the he!! out of corparations who in turn have to pass that on to the consumer not to mention cut corners to be competative with foreign manufactures. Someone also made reference to Unions, that's another big issue. I think anyone would be hard pressed to find a motorsports product, or any other product for that matter that has been solely produced in the U.S. . That is just a fact of life. Toyota, Subaru and many other foreign products are built right here in the U.S. by Americans. Remember when Wal-mart first started, they claimed all their products were from the U.S., how long did that last??? It's all good in theory but doesn't work well in practice. We have a global economy and that is not likely to ever change. JMHO.

He's on it. Quality and cost beats the he** out of patriotism. I love my country, i served a term in the army, and would do it again when my country needed me, but why pay outrageous prices for unreliability when i can get a sweet deal on 40 mpg??? dunno, hard subject to come to terms with

 

[JDKZRT]

Thought this was interesting. I have been watching this debate
and yet to weigh in. As far as sleds go, given the current situations facing us, I would buy which ever sled finally stood up and took a head on approach to fighting land closures.


Pay attention Americans!



WORTH SENDING AROUND, SINCE THEY ARE IN TROUBLE NOW.

GM, Ford, & Chrysler


INTERESTING...maybe the country should consider bailing them out to some degree

Nothing needs to be said... Ford, Chrysler and GM's contributions after 9/11

An interesting commentary...You might find this of interest:

CNN Headline News did a short news listing regarding Ford and GM's
contributions to the relief and recovery efforts in New York and Washington .

The findings are as follows.....

You'd better 'Snopes' this one... some true, but there's a lot more to it.
http://www.snopes.com/rumors/automakers.asp

 

[ullapool]

it appears to me that the foriegn guys contributed more than the domestic guys did not the other way around as reported earlier. Support the US economy and buy the best value regaurdless of where its made. its called tough love. don't subsidize crap thinking your patriotic, nothing could be further from the truth