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To: conservativejoy
attacked Ford Motor Co. for building factories in Mexico.

That may be bad for some American workers, but if it helps keep prices lower, then it is good for American consumers.Lower prices helps the middle class and the poor, and helps increase the standard of living for the average wage earner.

120 posted on 08/12/2015 10:26:39 AM PDT by mjp ((pro-{God, reality, reason, egoism, individualism, natural rights, limited government, capitalism}))
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To: mjp

Building cars in Mexico only saves a few hundred dollars per car. This production cost savings is not passed on the the consumer. It goes to the bottom line and the dividends on their common stock.


123 posted on 08/12/2015 10:34:59 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: mjp
Lower prices helps the middle class and the poor, and helps increase the standard of living for the average wage earner.

Not when thousands of plants and millions of manufacturing jobs have left the US for the same reasons Ford wants to build more plants in Mexico.

The real result is record real unemployment, record food stamps, 1 in 5 US heads of household on one or more government poverty programs, diminishing opportunity and diminishing incomes for the lower and middle classes and an $18.5 million national debt and growing.

The supposed benefits of lower prices (if there are any) is a myth when the opportunities for decent paying jobs continue to decrease for millions of Americans.

124 posted on 08/12/2015 10:42:05 AM PDT by Will88
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