why are people buying foreign made goods and cars ,do you not realize your destroying are manufacturing base?

Question

the money you use to pay for those goods be it cars or anything goes back to that country and builds thier economy,it does nothing for ours and sooner or later our standard of living will drop. and if you tell me its because of quality i got the facts to prove you wrong. yes our dollar is going higher but that is only because of the energy sector out west and once that levels off and the oil companys have what they need only they will be getting rich and the layoffs will start .
heres an example i moved to New Brunswick to retire and half the cars i see are asian and people wonder why they have no jobs ,for years Ontario has been suppling the bulk of transfer payments to poor provinces ,but thier is going to come a time when that will be severly cut back because the manufacturing base is dieing and service jobs like walmart ,fast food chains don,t pay anything so wheres your taxes going to come from ? China ,a country whos spends 10% on military and soon flood us with their car

Answer 1

There are several factors to consider when making a purchase of a foreign made product. Price of course is one. Quality is another. Patriotism is another. I had a friend who got really angry because he wanted an American vehicle, and found out his new truck was made in Canada (I think it was from Windsor. Is there a car plant there?)
Often the product is not even made in North America. Some foods are imported because of different growing seasons.
There is a program on the American travel channel, which I know will not mean much to you, but it has the old guy from Cheers traveling across the country. It is called "Made in America" and it highlights a lot of the products that are still made in North America, And are made better here than in anywhere else in the world. The USA and Canada do still export a lot of manufactured goods, as well as agricultural products
By the way, I had a Mercury pickup when I was younger. I lived 20 miles south of the border and used to go to Cranbrook to party.

Answer 2

I agree that the manufacturing base of the U.S. is growing smaller. But that's not necessarily a bad thing. The economy is constantly evolving, and companies (and jobs) are disappearing and being created all the time. Just think of all the big U.S. companies that didn't even exist (or were much, much smaller) just 20 or 30 years ago: Microsoft, Google, ebay, Intel, Amazon, Jetblue, Nike, Home Depot, Electronic Arts, Krispy Kreme, Undergear, Abercrombie & Fitch, Netflix, Applebee's, Costco, Computer Associates, Gateway, Qualcomm, Qwest, Sprint Nextel, Turner Entertainment, Whole Foods, etc.

Of course, some of these new companies don't pay as well as some of the old manufacturers did. But many of them pay much, much more.

Also, I disagree that the manufacturing base is dying. Look at the auto industry and all the new plants that have been opened by foreign carmakers within the last 20 years: BMW (in South Carolina), Mercedes (in Alabama), Hyundai (in Alabama), Honda (in Ohio and Alabama), Nissan (in Tennessee and Mississippi), Toyota (in California, Kentucky, and Texas), and Subaru (in Indiana). These companies have created thousands of new manufacturing jobs in the U.S.

Answer 3

Automobile is an obvious sign. It is a fact that foreign cars are better than domestic, for example, Japanese cars are well known to be durable, less problem, and cost effective. European cars are classy, luxury, give status even though it cost more, but worth it. I totally agree with free market. In other hands, do you know US car makers also have manufacture in China. In fact, a large market share in automobile are control by US companies.

Other products for example Coffee, are being imported to US. Why? Why don't we grow them here? It could be the climate not suitable for coffee plant, Or is just too expensive to grow here. Better off buying it from other countries. World's resources are scarce, because of international trade allow us to have a better lifestyle. Think about life without good coffee. !!!!!

Answer 4

China imports a lot... from Germany... good modern technologies and machinery which makes their economy stronger !

And it´s called free market. US car manufacturer had their chance to do something else than only change the design and model names during 30 years... ok then in free market, the work load goes to the most able to provide what´s best at a minimal cost.

Answer 5

My Toyota was made in California. Consumers want the imported goods because they are cheap, and some of that money stays here. Unemployment is 4.5% which is the lowest it's been since about 2001. And the economy is doing great.

Answer 6

It really depends how you look at it. Most Fords,and Chevy's are made in Japan in this day and age,and Most Toyota's are manufactured here in the U.S. It doesn't make much sence why,but that's the way it is. So actually by buying a Toyota your helping the U.S. economy more then if you buy a Ford or a Chevy.

Answer 7

i drive a toyota. i love it, it is a quality car, quality that has not come from american technology in YEARS and actually, my toyota was put together in houston texas and i'm fairly certain that texas is a part of this united states of america. just because a company is based out of another country doesn't mean that some of the products are not put together here. if "american" companies want to win back american business they need to work on quality and value, two things that are severely lacking.

Answer 8

Well then convince American auto makers to stop producing **** cars and Americans will start buying them again.

We're a capitalistic society. We spend our money on the best possible products regardless of where they originate from.

It's not our duty to only buy American made.

Answer 9

i think why people dont buy as many american cars is bc they are not as good as foreign when it comes to being economical and dependable. american cars are big and fancy with terrible gas mileage, and dont seem to last as long as say hondas or toyotas. just my opinion.