[pianotech] Yer Wheels

[Mark Purney]

The US (or Canadian) auto industry is only going to survive if it learns 
how to compete. We can't save it with the patriotic ideal of buying 
whatever they produce, just because the parent company was founded in 
the US. The lines really blur between what is foreign and what is 
domestic, anyway. Most Japanese cars sold here are also built here by 
domestic workers. Much of the Big 3 production is not domestic.

I'm rooting for the Big Three, but not finding much to cheer about. Even 
if every one of us bought a Ford, Chevy, or Dodge, would our 
contributions be enabling the Big 3 to restructure their business model 
into something competitive, and improve their design, manufacturing, and 
quality control to beat the foreign competition?  Or would we just be 
enabling them, like trying to help a drug addict by giving him money?



On 11/2/2010 7:11 AM, John Ross wrote:
> How about buy American/Canadian.
> Keep the business here, and the jobs. I don't see too many of the 'big 
> three' products mentioned.
> I realize a lot of foreign companies have plants in the US/Can.
> I have been driving Dodges for years, first the Minivan, and now the 
> Journey. (ok, I think it might be built in Mexico, but the company is 
> US/Canadian)
> The unemployment is high mostly because we buy imported products.
> Mind you it is a catch 22, who can afford the expensive domestic made 
> stuff, and we must live.
> John Ross
> Windsor, Nova Scotia