Dodge To Be Dropped

LXguy said

Alright, its a given that buying any English manufacturing concern is incredibly stupid.

I don't think its especially relevant to this discussion what Ford does with the net profits they make on their trucks, moronic or otherwise. As long as the gross is getting spent to keep Americans working.

The fact is, if you need a *decent* full-size truck (aka NOT the older power-impaired or newer motor blowing junk Toyota), and you want to be able to act all sanctimonious about buying American, there's one manufacturer you can buy from, or at least there was until GM moved some of their truck manufacturing back to Indiana a couple years back.

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Actually, if you take what you quoted of mine, put it all together with what I was talking about that you didn't quote, added to what I quoted of yours, you'll see that I was agreeing with on the idea that so many get sanctimonious on the idea of "foreign" owned and used Ford as an example when many people prop up their F-series being built in Kentucky. I've seen other discussions on this board where people talk about the idea of their F-series being built in Kentucky while never once realizing that Ford had to get it's money from somewhere to ship overseas to buy Mazda, Volvo, Land Rover, and Jag and the money had to come from somewhere within the company to make the last two profitable. So when the dollar gets turned into the pound where are they when that happens? Or is selective knowledge?
I was actually addressing the attitude that some are displaying by asking a few simple questions that address some of the key ideas on "foreign" made. Is it okay to employ US workers? Should the money stay here? By employing US workers doesn't the money they earn stay in the local economy through sales to locally owned businesses, which will in turn hire local people who will in turn continue to buy locally? With our unemployment reaching 10% nationally why is it so wrong to employ the US workforce?