Substantial factor in sad U.S.A. job situation!

[iluvAmerica]

A Friday ago, on TV they were interviewing a jobless couple whose house was in foreclosure. On the driveway was a Nissan. I shouted,“Guys, people in Japan thank you for their jobs.”

Ugh! Jobless Americans driving foreign; helping to put even more Americans out of work.

How come? Well, the Japanese have been luring us for years. They give their vehicles American sounding names. And media promote them for free! Plus, they flood us with seductive ads. So no wonder we get sucked in.

As to their old-hat quality pitch, see the March ‘09 J.D. Power report. For dependability Buick tops Lexus; Lincoln & Mercury in top 5. Today, differences between Japanese and American, exist only in minds influenced by BIASED media.

For years such media have been touting Japanese and knocking American. Yes, FOR FREE, biased media help sell MILLIONS of Japanese cars. This makes it nightmarishly difficult for the Big 3 to compete. And because our auto industry is a gigantic factor in our economy, as much as one-fifth of it, this costs America JOBS, JOBS, JOBS!

But the Japanese say,“We give America jobs. We build cars here and hire Americans to build them.”

Big deal! They assemble SOME here. The goal: get people to think:“If it’s built here, it’s American.” HOGWASH! It’s still Japanese! Foreign!

But here’s the clincher: MOST Japanese vehicles sold in America are built in Japan!

But no matter where vehicles are built what counts most is where profits end up. FACT: every year Japanese parent-corporations in Japan reap BILLIONS from cars sold in America. Yes, 31% of their income comes from the U.S.A.(see Google) These yearly billions support Japan’s economy at the expense of OURS!

We’re Japan’s cash cow! This, despite our almost 50 million people with no health care, 37 million in poverty, 12 million kids hungry each day, 77,000 bridges needing rebuilding, highways crumbling, inner-city schools deteriorating, and unemployment pushing 10%.

Considering that, we let Japan milk us for billions each year? In return, can we build cars in Japan? Nope! They impose conditions and costs that make it financially unworkable for U.S. automakers.

As to buying anything from us, they’ve even refused to buy our apples! In effect they close their markets to us.

Why do we permit this unfairness? It’s the clout of their rich, powerful lobby in Washington.

And, oh yes, the South Koreans also feed on us. They sell us 800,000 cars a year but buy only 6,000 of ours.

Another bummer: many Big 3 dealers have conflicts of interest; they also sell Japanese and Korean. So, they don't advertise:“DRIVE AMERICAN!” If they did, they’d sell lots more American. They’d put hundreds of thousands of Americans back to work. Yes, these dealers could do a lot to help our economy. Instead they shortsightedly add to our woes.

Anyway, from “FOREIGN-CAR-I-TIS,” we’ve lost a million jobs. And if we continue with our heads in the sand about this, estimates say up to 3 million more jobs will be lost. And some predict with trickle down it could be 4 million.

As to the 375,000 jobs we get from foreigners to assemble vehicles, well, if from that we lose 3-4 million jobs, that’s OK?

In any case, now with U.S. backing, GM and Chrysler will be stronger. Even so, the Japanese and Koreans are still circling vultures hoping the Big 3 fail so they can devour the 100 year industry we created. Shall we help them?

NO! NO! Let’s back the new GM and Chrysler, as well as Ford, which on its own is reinventing itself. For three months now, Ford has outsold Toyota. Finally, we’re sniffing the stench of Japanese manure!

Support our economy! DRIVE AMERICAN!

"God bless America, land that I love, stand beside her...."

P.S. More on quality: In 2006, Toyota was under criminal investigation for hiding safety defects:

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2006/07...

[Danny]

If you buy a foreign car you need to suffer!!!!
This plays a part in you people forclosing on your house. The damn Japs are laughing at our ignorance, we support their country and the hell with ours!!!!

[iluvAmerica]

Yes, Danny, they probably do laugh at us.

And they thank us for the billions they get from us each year.

[fed up]

The unions play a big part in job loses.How about the clothing industry, and everything else. Nothing is made in america anymore. WE are just a nation of warehouses. If we don't buy cloths made in america that is jobs lost. no one cares until it affects their industry.

[swampfox]

All very true... Even Fast food giant Jack in the Box has researched outsourcing Drive-thru speaker attendants via internet voice prompt. Wow that is trickling down to the absolute bottom.

We have outsourced poor ol' America to the slums, and for what? The great american dream... Bullshit! Shame on you government! Free trade is not fair trade!

Time for the citizens of this great country to stand up and buy what you believe in and not the trend. The trend of America is not so great at the present... BUY AMERICAN!