I believe that the US consumers have a share of the responsibility of our failing production businesses. The consumers expect and generally buy the least expensive products even if they are designed to be obsolete in a very short time. If it breaks; just get a new one. When was the last time anyone here had their TV fixed?

Buckwheat wrote:

I believe that the US consumers have a share of the responsibility of our failing production businesses. The consumers expect and generally buy the least expensive products even if they are designed to be obsolete in a very short time. If it breaks; just get a new one. When was the last time anyone here had their TV fixed?

Buckwheat wrote:

I heard some Italian company (Fiat?) is making my beloved Jeep out of China...#-o

But not to worry, for in 2016 our country turns it's lonely eyes to another Bush or Clinton hero... 🤣

bloody spaniard wrote:

While I was at Ford, I can tell you that virtually every Ford employee was chest-thumping that THEY didn't need a gubbmint bailout. They have a right to be proud. They were actually run by a businessman.

In the end, however, the Big Three are going down the toilet. Inevitably, they will end up being subsidized by the taxpayers because they inevitably cannot keep up with ever increasing CAFE, safety, and emissions standards while making a profit. People in government (read: radical progressives) think that there is this magical Tech Fairy that will turn money into technological advancements by simply waving a wand. That is how they view innovation: simply a matter of spending money.

The result will be a bankrupt economy.

Some innovations require other innovations to occur in order to be feasible. No amount of money can spur someone's imagination. It has to happen organically.

Then again, what else would you expect from the same morons who - with their lovely Masters and PhDs from prestigious Ivy League universities - racked up 17 trillion in debt?

jpotts wrote:

Emission control and mandated efficiency standards alway equal bankruptcy.


If we just deregulate we will all be wealth . . . .

Brewha wrote:

If we're talking electronics I will agree, Julian. If we're talking vehicles I have to disagree. I buy Japanese cars because of their reliability and value. I owned 2 American cars and they both sucked. I've had countless Japanese cars with little to no mechanical issues.

MACS wrote:

I believe that the US consumers have a share of the responsibility of our failing production businesses. The consumers expect and generally buy the least expensive products even if they are designed to be obsolete in a very short time. If it breaks; just get a new one. When was the last time anyone here had their TV fixed?

Buckwheat wrote:

So I'm curious...which two American cars and how long ago?

TMCTLT wrote: