Yes, there are debatable logic flaws with this text, but there is sill a grain of truth...

Regarding job layoffs in the U.S.

Joe Smith started the day early having set his alarm clock (MADE IN JAPAN) for 6 a.m. While his coffeepot (MADE IN CHINA) was perking, he shaved with his electric razor (MADE IN HONG KONG).
He put on a dress shirt (MADE IN SRI LANKA), designer jeans (MADE IN SINGAPORE) and tennis shoes (MADE IN KOREA).
After cooking his breakfast in his new electric skillet (MADE IN INDIA) he sat down with his calculator (MADE IN MEXICO) to see how much he could spend today. After setting his watch (MADE IN TAIWAN) to the radio (MADE IN INDIA) he got in his car (MADE IN GERMANY) and continued his search for a good paying AMERICAN JOB.
At the end of yet another discouraging and fruitless day, Joe decided to relax for a while. He put on his sandals (MADE IN BRAZIL) poured himself a glass of wine (MADE IN FRANCE) and turned on his TV (MADE IN INDONESIA), and then wondered why he can't find a well paying job in.....AMERICA.....

 

Joe, needs to learn how to make something

 

I read about the TeamOn shake up last week. I get the feeling you were one of those who were "dot-com'd"??

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If they made all that stuff in the USA none of us could afford to buy it. I say it makes sense to manufacture in countries where the labor is cheap just keep the R&D here in the good old USA. my .02 (but I'm an Engineer so I may be biased)

 

And after all this frustration, he decided to buy a Ford Lightning (MADE IN CANADA).

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It isnt that you couldnt afford to buy a made in usa product, it's that companies are too greedy to pay someone in the u.s. to build it. The truth hurts.

 

And old Joe got all that stuff down at his local retailer, who's profit is way more than the original manufacturer ever got out of it.

 

Ford makes WAY more money on a full-sized truck then the dealership does.

 

And very little to nothing on cars. And they loose money in europe. Ford needs to profit on trucks to suppor the rest of the buisiness.

The problem is not entirely corportate greed. I love how people act as if being in buisiness for profit is somehow "greedy" or evil. The problem is that the labor costs are so expensive in this country, many companies could not afford to bring you the products they do today without building them somewhere where the labor is affordable.



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97 Kawasaki Vulcan 800 Classic

 

Why wouldn't you buy CA wine, it's at least as good if not better.

 

I like my wine like I like my air filter, in a box.





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Never said all corps. are evil, please re-read. I'm an American and a capitalist. If you really think Ford or any other car co. makes "very little to nothing" on cars, then why build them? Products could and are being made here at a competitive price. Just some companies choose higher profits and higher Exec. salaries over their fellow Americans.

 

Actually I know for a fact that they make very little on most of their cars. Why build them? There is a bigger, more complex picture that you are missing. But I don't have time to explain the auto industry here.

If you think that the only reason that cars are built in other places is to fill the pockets of executives, you are pretty naive about the inner workings of the car industry. I know it is easy to just blame the executives...but it is not that simple. They are not out to hurt americans....that is just plain wrong. That simple.

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Again, never said they're out to hurt Americans, just out for top dollar. And I am VERY familiar with the inner workings of the auto industry.

 

By saying that they are choosing to line executive pockets over fellow americans...are you not saying that they are out to hurt americans? Seems pretty straight forward to me.

If you were as familiar with the auto industry as you say...you should be well aware of the profit margins on cars in this country as well as the huge losses that need to be absorbed overseas and you do not seem to be familiar with any of this. You would also understand the need to build some vehicles in other countries where the cost of labor is far less expensive. Companies need to operate on a for profit basis. I am not familiar with any buisiness that does not want to maximize profits and increase the well being of employees and maximize returns for shareholders.

That said, I beleive that the big three should ALWAYS employee american when possible, but sometimes the incredibly high cost of labor in the US is so prohibitive, corporations have had to look elsewhere.

Just look at the books. The information is public and it is all there.

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[This message has been edited by 95 Saleen S351 (edited 05-10-2001).]