Well first off, the only reason they have plants here to begin with is not "we sure do love you americans and we want to help all of you out by employing you", like their commercials depict. No, it's a loophole to avoid import taxes, and also avoid shipping costs. And no! they are not made in america, they are assembled in america with parts from the lowest bidder from all over the world! The initial closing of their plants would be offset by the increase of jobs created for domestic car MFG's. I was unfortunate enough to go through Janesville, WI recently where GM closed a major plant about a year and half ago. Yeah ghost town!! Foreclosure and for sale signs everywhere. Should I be happy KIA opened a plant in Georgia that employs less people per square foot than a sod farm and half the revenue is poured to Aisa?
As far as coming in and saving entire communities, yeah thats a great short term fix. It wasn't because the foreigners came sailing in with a superman cape, here to help out the americans in a dire situation. They build thier plants based off of market opportunties, location, accesibility, and labor force just like any other business. Their strategic decision to build there was not based off restoring community moral and economy. One of the only economic factors they looked at when reviewing areas of American ecomomic downfall is cheaper labor because of competition for jobs and geographical economy. Less money flowing into the Japanesse economy would mean more flowing in to ours, in turn: more money for R/D, technology upgrades, better engineering, state of the art equipment. To think we are better off having foreign companies having plants on american soil, with half the revenue pouring back over seas is just silly. I guess it's easy to look at the short term, yeah they employ people, but as time goes by and they build more and more, how is really helping our economy in the big picture? It's not!!! It's a setup for disaster, with american soil, people, and money being controlled by foreign investors and foreign big business.
I would never buy one of there products! My grandpa fought against them in WWII and two of his cousins (along with countless friends), were killed by them in Midway then Iwo Jima. Now we make their cars for them here on our soil?????? Makes me want to puke! May seem silly to you but it is in my blood and I refuse to support their economy! I'll let a Ford or a Chev park in my driveway anyday, foreign junk, out in the street!!!
I totally agree with the "gotten fat, lazy, complacent and greedy". This country brought this on itself with that kind of mentality. I just hope it can be turned around some way or another
Just my opinion..respect yours the same
