The premise is not false. It’s a simple yes or no question, which you have refused to answer on two threads now.
Others on the last thread agreed that it was not false.
It should be a simple answer. Should I buy an inferior/defective good that costs more than the higher quality competition in order to “preserve American industry”? It’s a simple question. You have yet to answer it.
America is all about capitalism, competition and freedom. Take that away and we’re basically soviets that speak english instead of russian.
I boycott union made products when possible. Even if a product was not union made, it would be difficult to avoid buying an inferior product just because it was American made. If the products were comparable, I would buy the non union American made product.
Where does this nonsense end? If $25B is not enough, will Congress grant them additional loans? Will Congress take direct control of the auto industry? What other industries will ask for a bailout?
Whatever. We disagree, on that we can probably agree.
You go ahead and send your money to some worker in Seoul, Tokyo or Guadalajara. Driving down the value of the US dollar in the transaction, in turn driving (up) the price of gas for us in America.
It’s simple math. We spend money as a country, we have less to spend. We become ... poorer.
If the number of dollars that (decreasing) national wealth is divided by, remains constant ... those dollars are each, all worth less. Smaller numerator. Constant denominator. That’s called “division”.
Buying foreign imports, causes that. Now, about the wisdom of bailing out Chrysler. I think that was another poster, but it’s a good topic to consider, as we discuss whether bailing out US auto companies “works”...
My single vote:
I’ve already got my car-purchasing consuming eye, on one of those American plug-in gas/electric hybrid Chrysler Jeep Wranglers (same concept as the Chevy Volt), due to compete with the Chevy Volt not too long from now — which was announced this weekend. :)
Wakarimasuka?