Anyway, I find it interesting when folks tout they should go out and spend and “buy american” when in fact most americans these days should be doing completely the opposite…NOT spend at all….[/quote]
Point taken.
My statements are assuming one has the means to purchase an automobile to begin with.[/quote]
Conspicuously absent from Paddy and Scarlet’s (Rt.66) responses has been the “why” behind GM’s demise.
Advocating and agitating for a “Buy American” program when you are unwilling and unable to address why GM went bankrupt in the first place is the worst kind of knee jerk jingoism there is.
Why not take the time and review the 1970s and 1980s and Detroit’s absolute arrogance when it came to their customers? Cautionary tales exist for a reason and failing to correct the mistakes of the past simply means you’ll repeat them in the future. It was during this period that Detroit truly lost the advantage and never got it back.
GM’s fall from grace is not due to some vendetta on the part of the American consumer, it was due to chronic mismanagement, insane and unsustainable labor and wage/pension policies and a refusal to admit or even acknowledge that, ultimately, it ain’t what you’re selling, it’s what the customer is buying.
Until that happens, all of this protectionist fervor is just so much pissing in the wind.
DISCLAIMER: With the exception of one Mercedes, I’ve only owned American cars.
