[TwelveOfTwenty]

Wages have been depressed for 30 years because that what the GOPe did at the globalists request/bribes. Don't blame the Democrats for this one.

The Democrats also sold the American workers out. Remember Gore debating the "benefits" of free trade with Ross Perot. Perot warned of the giant sucking sound while Gore threw a bunch of BS statistics out there (IIRC), and everyone said Gore won that debate. I wonder how many lost their jobs as a result.

You can also blame the consumers who chose price over the Made in USA label. They made the exact same choice as the companies that shipped the jobs out, and in doing so made it profitable to ship those jobs out.

Having said that, I agree with you about the GOP also selling us out.

[usconservative]

You can also blame the consumers who chose price over the Made in USA label.

As someone who's never owned anything other than a GM or Jeep vehicle, I agree with you.

I own two vehicles: a 2003 GMC Envoy Denali that I use for pulling a trailer on occasion and for winter driving.

My 2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee is my daily driver otherwise.

I don't buy foreign vehicles. (Yes, I know it's FIAT-JEEP now -- it's still a damn' good vehicle made here in the good old US of A.)

[central_va]

You can also blame the consumers who chose price over the Made in USA label.

When you factor in all the middle men and markup and profit taking the savings are nil to the end customer. Add in little or no quality control and defective products that have to be replaced the cost actually went up.