Buy American or Get Out

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Mon, 09-08-2008 - 7:09pm
Buy American or Get Out


Buy American or get out?


A directive recently handed down by a Detroit-area suburban mayor has ignited the latest round of a seemingly endless debate -- one that always burns with more intensity in the home of the Big Three than anywhere else.

It's the debate that relates to cars goes something like this: "Buy American!" vs. "I'll buy what I want!"


That debate sometimes, but not always, begins as a civil conversation. But the Detroit area has been hit hard in the last five years by the ongoing, sometimes enormous financial losses posted by the Big Three. The Big Three's financial woes have had a direct impact on the Michigan economy with hundreds of thousands of layoffs and/or buyouts.

Given that so many of the state's workers have lost their jobs -- and in some cases, their homes - it sometimes doesn't take long before the car debate escalates into an emotional one. That can lead to angry name-calling and insults - like many of the reader comments that flooded the online edition of the Detroit newspaper that first reported a controversial story.


Opinions???


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Wed, 09-10-2008 - 10:13am
I live in a neighborhood full of UAW workers.

Susan

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Wed, 09-10-2008 - 10:28am

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So apparently they agree to the terms.

 


 


I disagree with you, but I'm pretty sure

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Wed, 09-10-2008 - 10:51am

Correct, but Obama wants to provide assistance to these corporations.

Susan

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Wed, 09-10-2008 - 10:56am

Something has to be done to keep jobs in this country.

 


 


I disagree with you, but I'm pretty sure

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Wed, 09-10-2008 - 11:55am
What other option do they have.....if they reject the terms then the unions go on strike and everything shuts down.
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Wed, 09-10-2008 - 11:56am
If you want alternative technology, then plants are going to have to be closed and re-done for the new product.
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Wed, 09-10-2008 - 12:01pm
That is very true, there's not a whole lot they can do, when a strike is threatened.

Susan


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Susan

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Wed, 09-10-2008 - 12:02pm

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I disagree with you, but I'm pretty sure

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Wed, 09-10-2008 - 12:04pm

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Of course there is.

 


 


I disagree with you, but I'm pretty sure

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Wed, 09-10-2008 - 12:57pm
+1 to that!!