If I lived in Brazil I would try and buy products made in Brazil to help my countries economy.
I know nothing about the situation in Brazil as far as what they manufacture domestically
or inport from other countries. The United States is a mess because our government has allowed
to much foreign products to be imported that should be made and bought from us manufacturers
In other Words if all we had to buy were fords and chevys and chryslers . The majoer auto makers wouldn't
have need Billion dollar bail outs from our goverment. Thousands of workers wouldn't have lost their jobs
when these plants closed forcing them onto unemployment, unable to make their house payments
so they get foreclosed flooding the market with repo houses so property values drop nation wide.The Banks
are losing ton's of money so Construction Loans are harder to get, building slows, pipelines cancelled,
refineries cancelled . No money to finance the jobs the whole country goes to ****!! It's just one big
domino effect. The USA is one of the greatest manufacturing countries in the world. We don't need
to import our, cars , electronics, medical supplies, And don't forget welding Machines I don't remember seeing
to many pipeliners out their running MultiQuip machines LMAO. So I do my best by buying everything I can american
My vechicles, My tools, My electronics, my clothes etc. Take pride and support the country you live in and
the rest will take care of itself . by the way my computer is an HP made in america Joe
Joe, speaking of Toyotas and Honda cars made in the USA, on your first posting you said "I don't care where it's made, it's still a foreign product" because it's made by a Japanese company. So, I understood that, even if made in the US employing American workers and paying taxes to the American Government, you wouldn't buy a Toyota car made in the USA because Toyota is a Japanese company and damn be the Japanese.
Then, I replied that, following your same way of thinking, we Brazilians shouldn't buy Ford and Chevrolet cars, General Electric equipment and home appliances, Caterpillar bulldozers, Colgate Palmolive toothpaste, Procter Gamble soap, and of course, Mc Donald hamburgers, because, even if made in Brazil, they're made by American companies and damn be the Americans. Do you agree?.
If we were to follow strictly what you say, that's the way we Brazilians should do.
Of course, I don't think the same way, and I owned two Ford cars (now I own a Fiat, also made in Brazil), I own a General Electric slice cutter, i use Colgate toothpaste and Procter Gamble soap but no, by all means no, I don't eat McDonald hamburgers because I hate hamburgers, but I love Mc Donald icecream.
Giovanni S. Crisi
Joe, speaking of Toyotas and Honda cars made in the USA, on your first posting you said "I don't care where it's made, it's still a foreign product" because it's made by a Japanese company. So, I understood that, even if made in the US employing American workers and paying taxes to the American Government, you wouldn't buy a Toyota car made in the USA because Toyota is a Japanese company and damn be the Japanese.
Then, I replied that, following your same way of thinking, we Brazilians shouldn't buy Ford and Chevrolet cars, General Electric equipment and home appliances, Caterpillar bulldozers, Colgate Palmolive toothpaste, Procter Gamble soap, and of course, Mc Donald hamburgers, because, even if made in Brazil, they're made by American companies and damn be the Americans. Do you agree?.
If we were to follow strictly what you say, that's the way we Brazilians should do.
Of course, I don't think the same way, and I owned two Ford cars (now I own a Fiat, also made in Brazil), I own a General Electric slice cutter, i use Colgate toothpaste and Procter Gamble soap but no, by all means no, I don't eat McDonald hamburgers because I hate hamburgers, but I love Mc Donald icecream.
Giovanni S. Crisi
what i mean is the parent company is still a japenese company therefore the profits go to japan
and yes they employ american workers at a much lower pay scale then gm, ford , chrysler.
i said buy a car made by your own country but brazil probably doesn't make one. as far as dam
the americans i would say god love brazil if i were born and raised in brazil. I support all you dummies that are to
stupid to try and help the country you live in by using goods manufactured there. I hate mcdonalds to
their food sucks. and hell all even eat an occasional chinease meal . But i'll never drive a jap vechicle!!!
Yes, the profits go to Japan, BUT, the profits that the Brazilian subsidiaries of Ford, GM, GE, Colgate, Procter Gamble, Caterpillar, Mc Donald, Coca Cola etc. etc. make in Brazil go to the USA, and directly or indirectly you benefit from them.
You see, international trade is a two way street, one that goes and one that comes back; you can't only sell and just make profits, you must also buy and let the seller make his profits too.
A first word of warning: don't list Chrysler among American cars. After its bankrupcy Chrysler was bought by FIAT; and Chrysler workers saved their jobs that way.
Second warning: a couple of years ago, when The International Nickel Company (INCO) was almost bankrupt, it was bought by the giant Brazilian mining company Vale do Rio Doce (means Valley of the Sweet River). As you know, INCO owns the brands Inconel, Incoloy and others. So, don't buy Inconel nor Incoloy welding consumables, because the profits will come here to Brazil (to say the truth, they're just a small small portion of the profits Ford, GM, Coca Cola etc. etc. etc. send to the United States.)
Giovanni S. Crisi
PS. I prefer to starve rather than eating Chinese food. Wahhh!
Your Ford edge was built in Canada @ the Oakville Plant.
maybe so but the home company is still in the Usa. by the wat it's a great little srossover suv lots of pep
like it way better than the lincoln mountaineer she use to drive
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