Boiling Point

Oil Sands Keep on Trucking

I wonder if they ever consider the environmental impact of the wars that have been fought over conventional oil and the cost of such campaigns.

Ford: Defying the Odds

Quit living the past. Both GM and Ford build as good if not better vehicles than the Japanese. Buick has outscored Lexus more than once or twice on quality ratings and Ford is leading the pack overall in that arena. How many American vehicles do you see in Korea or Japan...the answer is virtually none. I believe it is time Americans wake up and support are own like they do.


On Jun 20 08:10 PM a. palmer jr. wrote:

> They increasingly make it difficult to buy their products...you want
> to buy American if you're an American but you really don't want to
> buy a car that's not made here anyway and you can't afford to buy
> a car that breaks down shortly after purchase. Like it or not the
> Japanese cars have a better track record for reliability and it seems
> they "get it" as far as knowing what consumers want, at least for
> now.

UAW: It Should Be Giving Up More

This guy is really grabbing straws to bash unions and blue collar workers. I believe they gave up quite a bit. They took close to a 50% pay cut going down to $14 a hr. Along with no longer having defined pensions and health care when they retire which I doubt will ever happen working for $14 a hr. They also gave up some holidays and cost living according to a friend that works there. I can't imagine trying to raise a family on that wage. I couldn't pay my car ins.,utility bills and still put food and clothing on the backs of the kids let alone pay increasing property taxes. I believe this country needs to examine its trade policy. They have been talking about opening the markets of Korea and Japan for decades now and they are still closed to American made products all while they have pretty much free access to ours.

Cars: What It Means to 'Buy American'

I agree, my point is that we lost millions of non unions jobs also so to put the loss of jobs at the unions feet is just showing how ignorant some people are.


On Apr 13 05:29 PM BOILING POINT wrote:

> Along with thousands more non union companies.

Cars: What It Means to 'Buy American'

THAT IS $12 a DAY NOT A HOUR.


On Apr 13 06:19 PM Frank S wrote:

> With that logic we aqrent just competirive we are outright unbeatable.
> AT BEINGS IDIOTS that is.

Cars: What It Means to 'Buy American'

Along with thousands more non union companies.


On Apr 10 01:41 AM Frank S wrote:

> That had nothing to do with the unions and everything to do with
> our goods being restricted from foreign markets. By the way, those
> same asian companies have long been supported by their governments
> financially as well. Even when the best japanese car was a datsun
> b210 the japanese could not buy american cars as their sale was restricted.
>
>
> Trying to justify pulling american wages down to third world levels
> IS NOT a particularly intelligent philosophy and will only lead to
> our country entering the league of third world countries, if we can
> mange to maintain our soverignty.
>
> What dont you people understand. Foreign corporations ARE NOT our
> friends.

Cars: What It Means to 'Buy American'

How many GM , Ford or Chrysler products do the government of Japan, Korea, or Germany buy? None! Enough said. I applaud Obama for telling them to buy domestic. They being the above mentioned have had closed markets to American made products for decades. Wake up America before you find yourself living in just another 3rd world country.

Detroit's Hail Mary: Saving the Automakers

It is nice to see a journalist who gets it or at least how important the auto industry is to the health of the U.S. economy. It appears that the economy and standard of living in this country has been in decline lock step with our domestic auto industry. How can we expect the Detroit auto makers to compete when the country of Japan and Germany subsidize their industry and have closed markets to U.S. products. Just look at what GM spends on health care. Toyota and Honda have a national health care program along with closed markets. Oh and lets not forget our South Korean friends who also have their markets closed to American products but also ship a million or so vehicles into this country. If you don't believe me take a trip over there and see for yourself. You can bash the domestics all you want but when their competitors have a whole nation supporting them it is hard to win. Unless Americans wake up and connect the dots they will find they have no industries left. They will soon find themselves living their life as every other 3rd world person.