tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post1258928313319894690..comments2024-01-29T01:32:16.780-07:00Comments on 704 Houser Street: Of Free TradeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-78734140680927387502016-04-09T10:29:48.738-06:002016-04-09T10:29:48.738-06:00One of the big ironies of this whole situation is ...One of the big ironies of this whole situation is that my 1998 Honda was built in America and I consider it to be more American than the Big 3 ever will be until they get their butts back home.<br /><br />When I went looking for a car, I wanted dependable and American made. So I went with Honda. Bwahahahaha!!<br />I have had the car for well over a decade and this situation still cracks me up.Susannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-24975930007931385292016-04-07T18:26:32.138-06:002016-04-07T18:26:32.138-06:00cuál es incorrecto con los mexicanos , hombre blan...cuál es incorrecto con los mexicanos , hombre blancoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-85196907518024546072016-04-07T16:52:04.154-06:002016-04-07T16:52:04.154-06:00I don't fault Ford for doing this. As the art...I don't fault Ford for doing this. As the article points out, they are hardly the only ones, and they are pressed economically to follow suit.<br /><br />Who I do fault is the UAW. Their insistence to keep pushing labor rates and benefits up is a large part of what killed Detroit; that they had to take such big concessions during the recession to keep the Big 3 alive is proof of that, and now they're trying to push them back up again. This will eventually force even <i>more</i> jobs out of the country. Good thinking, guys!<br /><br />Then there's the state and local governments. Long before jobs in the auto industry started heading to Mexico, they were going to places like Tennessee because of the regulations and taxes in Michigan.<br /><br />You're absolutely right about the hypocrisy concerning Americans competing for the jobs in Mexico. Again, though, the problem is with our own US government. You can hardly blame the Mexicans for enforcing their immigration and labor laws which favor their own citizens over foreigners...we could only hope that our government would do the same for us.WaterBoynoreply@blogger.com