[DB]

Right...

GM and Ford need protected so they can continue to build crappy cars...

Funny how Toyota can build cars in the US and people want to buy them.

[wmileo]

"Funny how Toyota can build cars in the US and people want to buy them."

True but not funny if you are GM or FORD. When the Japanese Auto Manufacturers start building reliable diesel heavy duty pickup truck, it's game over.

[OKIEDOC]

Well I do not disagree with you a lot about the PAST crappy cars thing.

I do like my foreign car for economy but for comfort my Chevy Trailblazer is a nice ride.

However, America needs a strong manufacturing infrastructure.

Of course, everyone knows that we can buy all the military spares we want and need from overseas to protect ourselves.

Especially from manufactures in places in China, Venezuela and our good friends the French and Russians.

[ninenot]

You can PROVE that GM & FoMoCo make "crappy cars?"

Funny. I own two FoMoCo products, each w/more than 100K on the clock. No problems outside of normal wear-and-tear.

None.

[Thorin]

Tariffs were supported by George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, and Calvin Coolidge.

Free trade was supported by Karl Marx, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Bill Clinton.

I'll choose tariffs.