Why do Americans buy german cars, which further the starvation of the poor children in Maryland?

Question

Why do some americans (especially liberals) insist on buying foreign cars even though the know very well that those cars are costing working class Americans thier jobs. By hurting the economy and increasing unemployment, children in Maryland continue to die of starvation.

Answer 1

Whaaaa??

Answer 2

What makes you think all liberals buy foreign cars? The last time I checked, there were liberals who owned American made cars too. This has nothing to do with costing working class Americans their jobs at all, that has more to do with OUTSOURCING which is the company's decision. Children in Maryland continue to die of starvation because of the budget cuts done to several programs that would've prevented that all thanks to President Bush's plan to rob from the poor and give to the rich, the economy already sucks donkey balls and increasing unemployment is proof of that. That's also why it's harder for people to find jobs with good benefits and a living wage. People purchase foreign cars because they have a greater fuel efficiency than American cars do. One thing the American car manufacturers can do is to raise their fuel efficiency, plus the price of gas could be lowered by a significant amount since prices are being gouged by Bush's cronies in the oil business.

Answer 3

There is no such thing as an American made car anymore. Buy a Ford, you'll get a Mazda engine and drive train. Buy a Chevy, you'll get a Mitsubishi engine and drive train. A better question is why can't I buy a Vauxhall in the USA? They're wonderful cars and made by Chevrolet. All "American?" car companies make and sell world class vehicles to the rest of the world. The US government just doesn't want those same vehicles sold here.

Answer 4

Actually, plenty of German cars are manufactured in the US. Same as with Japanese vehicles, particularly large trucks and SUVs.

As for foreign competition to US automakers, that is of course a consequence of superior products coming from German manufacturers - which is a fact of life in a free market economy (the system which the pro-business Republican party advocates).

I don't really see where you're going with this.

Answer 5

I have a VW because it is superior to many American Made cars. We also own a Ford.

Unions (and their one-sided "protection") have cause the car industry in the US to be choked by costs. There are people that should have been laid off years ago that actually get paid to show up every day and play cards at one of the plants in Michigan I believe. They sometimes ask them to do some odd jobs like clean, but they are pretty much just sitting back waiting to get to an age where they can collect their retirement.

I'm all for buying American products. I ma very patriotic and conservative. But, I am not going to support a system that pays assembly line workers $75K a year, plus all benefits and full retirement. It is not fiscally smart in today's business world. Worse yet, these systems reward good workers equally to the bad.

Business models that are meritocracies (reward based on performance) make much more sense.


Also, if kids are starving, perhaps their parents should get off the picket line or the unemployment line and find a MARKETABLE SKILL!!! Learn some valid business skills. The industrial revolution is over - you can't get by running an assembly line.

Answer 6

Most "foreign" cars that we buy here in the United States actually ARE built here by American workers. Toyota, Mercedes, Honda, BMW, Hyundai, etc. all have plants here in the U.S.

I own a Toyota. If an American company had made a car that I liked, I would buy it. As of yet I'm waiting for them to make me that car.

Answer 7

So if children in Maryland are starving you must agree that we need more govt programs to provide food and other such things to children and families in poverty.

I'm a liberal and live in Ann Arbor, MI. I recently gave up my car as I have found the local transit system adequate to meet my needs. Oh, and Detroit is suffering from the jobs being shipped over seas.

Answer 8

You are either being silly, or you don't understand economics. Go to the bookstore, buy an econ book, and look in the index for "comparative advantage."

Purchasing products from another country DOES NOT increase unemployment in ours, and can actually contribute to our economy

Why do you feel that working consumers should spend their hard-earned money on inferior products, thereby lessening their purchasing power and wealth, to support companies who couldn't give a rat's a$$ about them?

Answer 9

For the same reason Germans buy foreign cars. Should all balance at the end of the day.

Answer 10

to be perfectly honest, i buy cheep cars i can afford I don't give a rats *&^ who makes them. i'm poor too and i worry about feeding my kids. and that is what matters to me right now.

But really where the heck have you been boy. I have missed you. Nice to see you back in the fold. Don't stay away so long this time. Your the best. I love you, man. Hugs Kuka

Answer 11

Because most Americans are looking out for themselves and not focused on the needs of their country. It is proven that most German Cars are more reliable and effective machines then American Cars, therefore they buy the machine that will work most effectively for them.