Percentage foreign input in a car?

Tax cuts. Of course, the President thinks rich people need more tax cuts than poor people. Go figure.

Jeff

Actually, Frididaire has not been an independent brand since 1979 or an independent company since 1919.

Jeff

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Nice slogan spouting... have you actually LOOKED at the tax cuts? Do you know WHAT income strata pays the bulk of the total tax revenue? How about people getting tax cuts that DONT pay taxes? That was in there too.

How nice and comfortable to just parrot stuff...

You should LISTEN to Limbaugh, you dont have to agree with him, just use what he says to do your OWN research to disprove him. It can be done, he certainly is NOT always "right"... but his stuff is for people to THINK about. You might get the wool pulled from your eyes... at LEAST you'd know what you were talking about.

And Frigidaire WAS an independent brand when GM owned them... had their own design and mfg; now just a nameplate.

The point being that appliance workers were getting paid automotive wages and there was NO way to compete.

There are many fine products of all kinds produced in this country, as good or better than any imports. If you want good paying jobs you must to buy the products of those workers. Just ten years ago US Steel was the number one employer in Pennsylvania, Bethlehem Steel was number two. Today Bethlehem Steel is no more and WalMart is the states largest employer. If you want you wages to drop to those of foreign workers or worse have the company you work for move its manufacturing off shore to other countries go out of business, then you need to support your own country first. If the Foreign manufactures, assembling their products in the US of low cost imported parts, put domestic companies out of business, do you really think they will still assemble their products in the US when they can so at for one tenth the cost in China? There is a simply way to help protect the jobs in the US for you children and grandchildren. When you are buying a produce look for those made in in the US. If the person selling does not have a product made in in the US that you want, inform them you only buy products made in the US and leave their establishment.. Naturally one can not always find products made in the US in some stores, but if you take the time you will soon find those stores that carry American made products. I do that all the items. We Americans should be as smart as the Japanese, they buy products produced in their own country when ever possible. If we did that with just half of the things we buy our economy would grow by leaps and bounds. As long as American are willing to buy 40 BILLION dollars, in imports as we are doing, eventually the only job skills your kids will need it how to say 'Do you want fries with that?' or 'Welcome to WalMart.'

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Corporate greed is right. Why blame the poor worker, they are victimized by corporations like Toyota. Toyota and their dealers charge twenty to thirty percent more for a mid size V6 Camry than Ford does for it large size Taurus, yet Ford has paid millions in US corporate income taxes and Toyota has never paid a cent. Toyotas assembly plants are subsidized by local and state taxes, Ford plants are not. Ford workers are are protected by a union and except for the California GM/Toyota plant Toyota workers are not. Ford workers receive better wages, benefits and pensions than do Toyota workers. Toyota should be ashamed to be taking billions out of the US economy and victimizing it customers, such greed

mike hunt

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The 'poor' got a greater tax cut than the rich. Most 'poor' had their tax rate cut by at least 1/3 with many dropping completely off the tax rolls in the latest tax cut. Those with children did even better. Of course the 'rich' received more 'dollars' since they pay more of them and they do it at a higher rate to boot. History proves that tax rate cuts produce more income to the government, not less. It happened when the Democrat controlled Congress cut rates during President Kennedy's term and when the Democrat controlled Congress cut rates during President Reagan's term. The same will happen now that the Republican controlled Congress cut rates during President Bush's term. Conversely history shows the income to the government slows when tax rates are raised. As it did under Johnson, Bush 1 and Clinton when they raised taxes. Search

mike hunt

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hi folks - here are some facts -

when the ford escort came out, the ford motor company announced it as the first "world" car and if you look at the symbol on the fender of that car, it was a globe. why, because the parts were from all over the world. now, how long has the escort been made?

next, it really gets me. i live in a highly union area. i hear these guys complain about how the corp is taking all the money.

so, i indulged into a conversation with one fellow and here's what transpired.

"that company OWES ME. they made 10 billion dollars last quarter and we didn't get any of it. it was my work that made it possible for that 10 billion."

"what do they owe you?"

"part of that 10 billion you dumb ass! can't you see that it was my work that made it possible and those bastards are keeping the money and screwing the worker and are you just f--king blind!"

"ok, let's see if i got this right? you work and they pay, right?"

"yeah"

"how long have you worked there?"

"37 years"

"and have they EVER missed paying you?"

"no!"

"so, you worked and they paid you for what you worked. do they owe you any back pay?"

"no"

"then what do they owe you?"

"can't you see!!!! they made 10 billion dollars last quarter and we didn't get any."

"do you own stock in the corp?"

"no"

"but you want part of that 10 billion?"

"yes!!"

"so, you don't own shares, and you want a piece of the pie. what would happen if they would have lost 10 billion dollars last quarter? would you jump up and say - give me some of that?"

"well, no"

"so, i will ask you again. why do you feel that they owe you?"

"because they made 10 billion dollars!!! are you stupid are what!!!!"

at that point, i turned around a walked away.

draw what conclusion you want.

~ curtis

knowledge is power - growing old is mandatory - growing wise is optional

Correct up to here, then you fail to see that all it really does is bring us down to their level.

Really? Then why is the standard of living rise in Korea, India and Poland as well as many other countries?

Less money going into a country doesn't help.

Jeff

And when Ford builds cars in Germany, they don't do it to make money. They do it to help German people. Besides, who owns Ford? Millions of people.

Jeff

When Ford builds cars in Germany they employ union workers and pay corporate taxes in Germany, unlike Toyota in the US.

mike hunt

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