rhombus: “How is what Chinese manufacturing has done to Amnerican manufacturing much different than what Southern and Western manufacturing did to Northeastern manufacturing?”
You must be out of your mind! I have yet to hear, for example, of toxic wallboard coming from the south or west.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/AP-IMPACT-Chinese-drywall-apf-14904936.html
I’ve never seen a car (even made by the UAW) that had this level of crash test performance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHZqcKj7jNM
Historically, Rhombus is right. There were quality problems and you cannot select their worse against our best to make a forceful argument.
The point being now that we know about Chinese drywall how likely will you be to purchase any? As to that Chinese car?
Choice is fundamental to the free market and liberty in general. That some cheat or abuse the system (going on since the dawn of time) isn't any reason to set up some political regime to manage our lives.
We're supposed to be a free people, able to decide for ourselves how and where we will spend our money. No one likes junk and no one fears the flame like the fool who's badly burned.
Reverend... you missed my point but thanks for the ping.
I am really curious. What did the UAW have to do with any car design?