I disagree that American cars were “shoddy.” I have driven General Motors products all my life and am driving one even now. I have NEVER had a car that did not give me excellent service. I have NEVER had a car in the shop except for an oil change or new tires, and I drive a lot of miles. NOTHING has ever gone wrong with any of my G.M. cars.
I agree that the unions needed and need to be slapped down, but the “shoddy” label was largely, if not entirely, a CON JOB by FREE TRADE Internationalists. They succeeded! People believed the Media Propaganda and bought foreign and are still doing so while American patents are shipped overseas along with American jobs.
Secondly, I never said nor intimated that our Military was a jobs program. I pointed out that thousands of people have found purpose in their life through Military Service. They have found discipline and training and you cannot deny that. If you consider a good citizen developed through Military training is not “defending the United States” then
you and I are on different wave lengths. In fact, some of our greatest soldiers have been “problems” in their youth.
I totally agree with your statement about jobs and leadership programs in the inner cities. Gangs must be wiped out and that goes double for ‘foreign” gangs. Assimilate or get out!
Stop already...
Back in the 70s-early 80s cars that were built in America were eaten by road salt in 3-5 years. Main Bearings in Vehicles were lucky to last past 50-60,000 miles as the prices continued to out pace the wages of Middle America people started looking for options.. That is what drove people to look elsewhere along with increasing fuel costs...
Recently GM just had to admit they had a faulty ignition switch problem they knew about for 10 years in some cases causing death. I have a buddy that had to have the Cam replaced in his Chevy Truck because of weak steel causing the lobes to wear.
Fact is GM,Ford and Chrysler all waited almost too long to get with the Quality Control Program and inprove their Products. It caused Chrysler and GM to need bailouts to keep them from shuttering.
That wasn’t any overseas conspiracy. That was Corporate Decisions for short term gain versus long term planning.