Ford - Mexico

FWIW, I`m not really against global economics. I know there`s a strong sentiment among the Ford/Chevy crowd about "buying American." Seems like if I wanted to buy American - i.e. support American workers, I`d better buy myself a Honda, Mercedes or Hyundai since all three have large manufacturing operations right here in Alabama.
 
“It used to be cars were made in Flint and you couldn’t drink the water in Mexico,” Trump said. “Now cars are made in Mexico and you can’t drink the water in Flint.”
 
I actually thought all of Ford`s production was already in Mexico. I guess they still had some here. I believe my mother in laws old 2006 Fusion was built in Mexico per a conversation I had with my father in law.
 
IIRC, my Tahoe has a sticker that says something like "Made in Texas by Texans". I don`t really care, but I do still think that`s kinda cool.
 
I don`t have a problem with Ford producing cars in any country. They are a multinational company and sell cars all over the world. VW makes cars here in Georgia, BMW makes cars in S.C. It is a global economy. This jingoistic view that everything has to be built in the US doesn`t make good economic sense. I understand that when people lose jobs they get angry. But when a company has the choice of either paying US union wages or $1 an hour in Mexico for the same product who can blame them. BMW and VW got huge state tax breaks for building plants in GA and S.C. I wonder if the Germans get upset as American over the "loss" of jobs? I doubt it.
 
I like to support American workers if I can - but not at four, five, six, etc the price of buying a comparably made product made somewhere else. When I was buying a commuter car this last time, I didn`t even consider anything Ford, Chevy or Chrysler/Dodge/Fiat/Whoever (bleagh) had on the market.
 
See but this has been my issue with these companies moving...If they go from paying union wages to paying $1/hr, then where are the savings to the consumer? Everything is being made elsewhere, yet OUR prices keep rising every year for everything we buy!
 
xspwrstang said:
See but this has been my issue with these companies moving...If they go from paying union wages to paying $1/hr, then where are the savings to the consumer? Everything is being made elsewhere, yet OUR prices keep rising every year for everything we buy!
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It goes into someone`s pockets. Some would say it benefits the shareholders, and some would say that it benefits top executives. In the case of automobiles - higher prices or not, and regardless of where these corporations are sticking those aforementioned cost savings - people are still buying them.

Sorta unrelated, but maybe not - it makes me think about all the people I see complaining about how much athletes and entertainers make. Sure they get paid a lot, probably too much. But we the people keep buying tickets to their performances and watching their ad-laden stuff on television. Our mouths say one thing and our money says another.
 
JaredPointer said:
Sorta unrelated, but maybe not - it makes me think about all the people I see complaining about how much athletes and entertainers make. Sure they get paid a lot, probably too much. But we the people keep buying tickets to their performances and watching their ad-laden stuff on television. Our mouths say one thing and our money says another.
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That`s a pet peeve of mine too. But then I try to walk my talk and simply *NOT* spend any of my time/money supporting stuff I`m opposed to. Don`t even watch movies/buy music if my $, any part of it, might benefit something I`m not in favor of. See a Jason Bourne Movie given the star`s take on Gun Control? Never. I quit buying music that I like over the performers` support of stuff I`m opposed to. Hypocrisy sucks and while it might be impossible to avoid it entirely, I sure as [stuff] try.

Still surprises me that some people I know label me "self-rightous" over this, but then [INSERT armchair amateur psychoanalysis].
 
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