[Wayne Maybury]

I laugh when I hear that the Japanese invented this or did that. They rarely invent anything. They take something that someone else made and then they improve it. Think back to the crap the Japanese were producing 25 years ago. Virtually the entire Japanese continuous improvement process is based on American quality policies.

The one thing that the Big 3 have in common is that every plant they have is represented by the UAW. The only off shore car company plant that ever became unionized was the Hundai assembly plant in Bromont, Quebec which was shut down within weeks after the union was certified. They would rather shut down a relatively new assembly plant than have a unionized shop.

As far as trade goes, the Japanese have been buying from us what they need to fuel their factories and selling to us what they want to sell. It is virtually impossible to sell anything made in the US or Canada to Japan unless they NEED it. Their government totally protects their domestic manufacturing.

Wayne