Made in America

[Silverback51]

Originally Posted by Bill Bess

Great idea and will help one be a better American. "Be an American, Buy American".

All you folks that say. " I bought a Honda because it's a better product than an American car". Well I say "step up and buy an American car, they are now as good or better than that Honda".
Can you really support your conntry and buy available American products only?

The problem is that the Honda was built in America, but my Dodge truck was built in Mexico.

[Seagull81]

Mike,
Thanks for the reminder. I do that as much as possible. My Fords were assembled in the USA from some foreign parts, but the profits from them stays here and not Japan or Germany or wherever.

[Bobcat]

I needed an air compressor for my garage a few years ago and went to Home Depot and Lowe`s .... both stores only had compressors made in China and/or Mexico . Went home and did some research and found Campbell Hassfeld , which is made in America . I got a reconditioned unit with a new unit warranty , cast iron block/cylinder liners etc on a 20 gal tank shipped to a trucking company near me for less money than the foreign crap at Lowe`s/Home Depot .... and bought American !
I have always tried to buy American first .... and can tell you some real horror stories about Mexican crap ( we had/have a Division in Mexico ) that got out into the field and why it did .... and the trouble it caused me .
I also check at the auto parts stores where the products are made and have walked out if all they had was foreign stuff and an American product was available somewhere else . Yes , I will pay more for American.
Cars ? ... all the electronic dashes/ radios etc for GM were made in Mexico .... I used to call on those plants .

Bob

[zrayr]

Originally Posted by Silverback51

The problem is that the Honda was built in America, but my Dodge truck was built in Mexico.

true, but the Honda profits go back to Japan.

And ALL the foreign cars made in the US are made in plants where the workers have been intimidated when they tried to unionize. For all their shortcomings, unions have helped the middle class in this country.

Z. Ray

[Jamo]

Originally Posted by zrayr

true, but the Honda profits go back to Japan.

And ALL the foreign cars made in the US are made in plants where the workers have been intimidated when they tried to unionize. For all their shortcomings, unions have helped the middle class in this country.

Z. Ray

Oh hell...now you've done it.

Unions have been one of the biggest reasons this country is in trouble...look at the failures of the UAW to work with the Big Three...did you forget last fall when they refused to back off increases, double pensions, assinine paper-overtime rules...rules that required the companies pay people full wages after they were laid off?

Honda, Toyota, M-Benz and BMW have all done just fine in this country by staying non-union, and go figure...their employees are happy and have voted down unions numerous times in election...secret ballot elections rather than clandestine card checks.

So, to sum up...bullsh!t.