normiss 858 #26 September 21, 2015 Ownership of parent company for me. I understand the foreign car manufacturers with plants here, simply emply Americans. Where do the profits go? How much do we lose to foreign ownership? I also think a sense of pride for your own country's manufacturing should be worth something. The Italians sure are proud of the heritage of their cars, why is it wrong for Americans to feel the same way? We USED to be quite a car country. Now most just want the lowest priced 4 door box they can get. Why do we have so few chaebol corporations here? :D Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airdvr 210 #27 September 21, 2015 http://www.statista.com/Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aphid 0 #28 September 21, 2015 normissHow much do we lose to foreign ownership? Doesn't the IRS collect corporate taxes on revenues/profits generated within the US, even if by foreign or multi-national corporations? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 858 #29 September 21, 2015 Sure, but have you ever noticed all those tax incentives the foreign manufacturers receive for building plants here? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DanG 1 #30 September 21, 2015 QuoteSure, but have you ever noticed all those tax incentives the foreign manufacturers receive for building plants here? Are they any different than the tax incentives domestic companies get from building plants here? - Dan G Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,079 #31 September 21, 2015 >Where are the majority of the parts made? All over the world - like every complex product that the US (or any other country) makes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakee 1,564 #32 September 21, 2015 Quote I understand the foreign car manufacturers with plants here, simply emply Americans. Hah! Yeah, all they do is supply jobs for Americans. And who really gives a shit about that?Do you want to have an ideagasm? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrewEckhardt 0 #33 September 21, 2015 airdvr"I've got a message for corporate America: if you want us to buy your products, you better start producing them here in the United States." -Bernie Sanders - Twitter I could afford to do that if governments stopped acting on behalf of corporatist interests to prop up housing, medical, and education costs. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
raftman 12 #34 September 21, 2015 Bill, you left off the VW Passat-made (Assembled) in Chattanooga TN. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #35 September 21, 2015 billvon>Where are the majority of the parts made? All over the world - like every complex product that the US (or any other country) makes. Ah, then you can't say they are made in America, you can say they are assembled in the U.S.I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #36 September 21, 2015 DrewEckhardt***"I've got a message for corporate America: if you want us to buy your products, you better start producing them here in the United States." -Bernie Sanders - Twitter I could afford to do that if governments stopped acting on behalf of corporatist interests to prop up housing, medical, and education costs. And the insurance industryI'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,079 #37 September 21, 2015 >Ah, then you can't say they are made in America, you can say they are >assembled in the U.S. OK. Then nothing is made in America. (Or China, or Japan, or India.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,108 #38 September 22, 2015 airdvr*** So how do you feel when overnight a pharmaceutical company raises the price of one tablet from $13.50 to $750? It's OK, just capitalism doing its thing? One would think the Affordable Care Act would have prevented that. No, it was never designed to do that. But you know that and are just making another gratuitous bash.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airdvr 210 #39 September 22, 2015 kallend****** So how do you feel when overnight a pharmaceutical company raises the price of one tablet from $13.50 to $750? It's OK, just capitalism doing its thing? One would think the Affordable Care Act would have prevented that. No, it was never designed to do that. But you know that and are just making another gratuitous bash. Of course I know that. It's not just a gratuitous bash...it's the truth. What part of Affordable addressed prescription costs?Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dpreguy 14 #40 September 22, 2015 Chrysler is now owned by Fiat/Italy. Doubt they bought Chrysler to put money in American hands. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
