>Apart from Hyundai and Volkswagen, the foreign car companies contributed
>nothing at all to the citizens of the United States. It's OK for these
>companies to take money out of this country, but it is apparently not
>acceptable to return some in a time of crisis.
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>Terry--
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Not to excuse them, but there is a rest of the story.

Toyota maybe headquartered in Japan, but they employ directly 28,000 people
in this country. Their direct payroll is 1.8 billion dollars. That's a LOT
of contributions.

Many Toyota vehicles are designed and built here, and only here.
By the same token, Where is Dalmier-Chrysler headquartered? Right, Germany.

And them there Fords, where are they built? Right, many of those American
jobs have been shipped south of the border.

I wouldn't be so fast to pull the nationalism string. They're aren't many
American companies left. Buy the best vehicle for YOU. The companies are in
it for only one thing, profit. Any other view of our economic system is
foolish.

tim the cynic in san jose

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