Posted on 05/16/2006 2:16:39 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
I don't see what the big deal is about auto nameplates anyway. I'm perfectly happy with my Maserati Quattroporte. And don't anyone dare tease me about getting a family car.
Yowzer. A Bilderburger! LOL!
Don't happen to hang out at Davos, Switzerland do you?
According to this story, several Honda vehicles are 70% US/Canadian content.
Foreign? American? Auto parts go global
These days I'm sure Honda buys many parts made in Mexico by American and Jap owned companies
Maybe. Source?
Why is American sourced significant to you?
Americans employed by evil foreign automakers and Americans employed by parts makers appreciate their jobs and paychecks. Should they quit? Are they working for the enemy?
These Japanese companies are usually ones Honda has bought from in Nippon
Damn these sneaky foreigners. First they hire Americans to build their cars, then they hire Americans to make the parts. What will they think of next? Allowing Americans to participate in their profitable scheme by selling us stock? Sneaky bastards.
Next year 50 inferior Nissan trucks. The Ford F150 continues to be the best truck. Do some research.
Little wonder the UAW is doomed. Why would anyone want to join the thugs?
ROFL!!!
"Don't happen to hang out at Davos, Switzerland do you?"
No, but I do drink beer at The Bar, Midland, TX the last place the now-President Bush had a beer.
So are the Japanese going to decry Honda outsourcing jobs to the US?
Maybe. Source?
You want to bet against me on this one? Put your money where your mouth is before I scour the internet
GM, Ford have high Mexican content so a reasonable person concludes the Japanese are the same
I have no dog in this fight. I don't care who owns the plants that build Honda parts. If that article says their vehicles are 70% US sourced, why should I care who owns the American plant?
Put your money where your mouth is before I scour the internet GM, Ford have high Mexican content so a reasonable person concludes the Japanese are the same
I'll bet the Japanese plants use more US/Canadian parts and fewer Mexican parts than GM and Ford. How much?
I have no dog in this fight. I don't care who owns the plants that build Honda parts. If that article says their vehicles are 70% US sourced, why should I care who owns the American plant?
That's why it isn't worth discussing economics with you. You don't care if Americans or Japanese get the profits. You are a citizen of the world type. The last thing you are is a patriot yet you have the brass to call yourself toddsterpatriot
Because unlike the economically illiterate, I realize that the salaries a firm pays are usually much more than the profits a firm makes.
You are a citizen of the world type.
Nope. Sorry to disappoint you, I'm strictly a USA citizen type. If you learn some economics, maybe we can have a useful conversation. Or are you too old to learn any new tricks?
Does this mean you're not taking the bet? LOL!
The toyota plant in southern Indiana has a lot of part suppliers within less than one hour of the plant.
Are they American plants? Or enemy plants? Are the Americans who work there traitors?
No they're gainfully employed and don't pay UAW dues.
Maybe we should explain that to dennisw? We'd have to use small words.
Must be something in the water.
Because unlike the economically illiterate, I realize that the salaries a firm pays are usually much more than the profits a firm makes.
Then dopes like you shouldn't care if Japanese, Iranians, Venezuelans and Chinese own 50%,70% or even 100% of the companies in America.
Water?
Have any estimate how many are Japanese owned and how many American owned?
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