The point of this information is that the Toyota assembly plant represents an investment in this nation which contributes to the general good of the nation on a lot of levels. General Motors cannot be blamed as unpatriotic, because they are hamstrung to compete by the unwise concessions that they have given the unions over the last few decades. It is generally understood that GM's pension obligation to its labor force is staggering. Personally, I have bought Camrys made in America for several years. They are a quality product and represent a better value than most of the American name tag cars.
I do not view Japanese society as some kind of Utopia, but it does seem that they know how to manufacture and market a product. There is a prevailing notion that Japanese business practices are corrupt. That may be true but it seems to me that America is the most corrupt nation on the face of the earth. Taxpayers were bilked out of billions in the savings and loan scandal, most people who had money in the market run up were bilked out of trillions by out right Wall Street and corporate fraud. I have certainly digressed but the point that I would make is that the corporate fraud prevalent near around the beginning of the 20th century was mitigated by corporate and banking interests who understood that they could not kill the goose that laid the golden eggs. Now we are dependent upon to politicians and bureaucrats to correct the excesses. It was quite a joke to think that the bufoons in the Senate could have a hearing to help correct the fraudelent accounting abuses prevalent in corporate America. Arthur Andersen accounting is as pure as snow when compared to the accounting methods used in the Department of Agriculture.
The hard working American who toils to feed and clothe his family and who straightforwardly pays his tax and who volunteers to shed his blood on foreign soil to preserve this American way of life has no one in the high places of business or government to defend this way of life with the same toil and committment. I know many who share my nationalistic spirit, but alas my friends and I are little people who have little voice and are confronted in the voting booth by the same tired crowd from both parties who are private property of the special interests who in turn are mostly internationalists and globalists. We are not a sovereign nation anymore. A nation has borders, our only borders are the natural borders of the Atlantic and Pacific. A nation has purpose, the dedicated purpose of this nation as stated in our founding document was INDEPENDENCE. With the escalation of the social welfare state and with the rising clamor to cede our sovereignity to the UN and EU, how much independence do we have?
As this nation's most signifant holiday approaches, we must understand independence cannot be sustained without nationalism. There are those in high places who are committed to one worldism and would have us believe that our balance of trade deficit and our increasing unemployment rate is actually good for America because it is good for the world. But in an alliterate world where the media is merely a tool of commerce, the collective common sense to refute such an assertion is difficult to mount.
Yes, my friend, you are correct. I am a working man who ran as a Republican for congress. Despite the tremendous effort in "shoe leather" I put forth in the campaign, I had little chance without the special interest money the primary winner used to get plenty of TV advertising.
Too many people won't vote, particularly in primaries, and those who do vote choose a face they've seen on TV without carefully examining all the choices.