rocinante
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The GMC was made in 1991 and assembled in Shreveport, LA (my home city). The Ford is a 1997 and assembled in River Rouge, MI I believe. The Plymouth is a 1998 and who in the hell knows where that thing was born.
It just worked out that way. I had a Honda once.
All in all I have a slight preference for American brands but hold more loyalty to gaining maximum value to when I loosen my own purse strings.
In an ideal world I think a nation should strive to be as self contained and self sufficient as possible. The economics have changed so much it makes zero sense to me. IIRC our history one of the frustrations of the American colonies was England restricting their manufacturing so they would be a market for English goods. America humped herself up to the top of the nation heap through manufacturing. Now we have turned over our manufacturing base to foreigners and become just a consumer of foreign goods. WHACKED.
I am not big into protectionism but cost wise American industry is at such a disadvantage maybe there should be some equalizing tariffs to give them breathing space or a fair fight if it were. China in particular cares nothing about occupational safety, pollution control, insurance, workers compensation etc etc. It scares the hell out of me we are so dependent on a nation of a billion plus peasants run rough shod over by a bunch of totalitarian geriatrics with a sweet tooth for capitalism.
It just worked out that way. I had a Honda once.
All in all I have a slight preference for American brands but hold more loyalty to gaining maximum value to when I loosen my own purse strings.
In an ideal world I think a nation should strive to be as self contained and self sufficient as possible. The economics have changed so much it makes zero sense to me. IIRC our history one of the frustrations of the American colonies was England restricting their manufacturing so they would be a market for English goods. America humped herself up to the top of the nation heap through manufacturing. Now we have turned over our manufacturing base to foreigners and become just a consumer of foreign goods. WHACKED.
I am not big into protectionism but cost wise American industry is at such a disadvantage maybe there should be some equalizing tariffs to give them breathing space or a fair fight if it were. China in particular cares nothing about occupational safety, pollution control, insurance, workers compensation etc etc. It scares the hell out of me we are so dependent on a nation of a billion plus peasants run rough shod over by a bunch of totalitarian geriatrics with a sweet tooth for capitalism.