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Rick Perry Vetoes Bipartisan "Buy American" Bill

If this issue were something effecting me it would be my preference that my State give preference to the best quality good/service at the best/most competitive price.

Personally, I don't care whether or not my State financially supports Ultra Mega Big Agriculture just because his business happens to be in my State.

If the guy across the State Line underbids him, and his tomatos are just as yummy, I'd be just fine eating some Pennsylvania tomatos.

That's the problem though, the state financial support isn't given to the best QUALITY at the BEST price, it's only given to the BEST PRICE. Quality is pretty much excluded.
 
By deciding according to common sense. There are people who are responsible for these things. That's their job, to buy stuff so that the govt can function.

I told you, maybe this is common, but for me its a first. The first time a govt had to legislate preference in purchasing goods and services for itself.

Common sense isn't a policy, it isn't common, and it doesn't always provide a clear answer.

Seriously, any organization of any size has a series of policies regarding common decisions. How many pages do you think are in Microsoft's policy manual?
 
Yet another corporate lackey shows his true colours - and they ain't Red, White & Blue



The Texas Senate and House are Republican-controlled.

Here's the history of the bill

They should of left off the buy American part. Hell, buying things from Mexico would help the state and the country far more than buying from liberals, like California.
 
Texas has two houses. See post #8 re how these houses can override the veto if this is the will of the people.

Meanwhile, be aware that Burnt Orange has an agenda. I first became aware of it several years ago when it was trying to float the notion that Perry is gay.

Darn, we have two houses in our congress. Now I have to write two letters stating that this veto should not be overridden but the law should reflect, Texas first, Right to work/none Obama voting states second, then foreign. If not available from any source other than unionized Obamanites, then the state doesn't need it and shouldn't buy it.
 
Originally Posted by shrubnose
Toyota builds a lot of motor vehicles in the USA.
Assembles, not builds.

Irrational hatred does cause irrational thinking - or is it the irrational thoughts that come before the hatred?

What Are the Most American-Made Automobiles?

Toyota Avalon North American parts content: 85 percent
Assembly: Georgetown, Ky.

Toyota Sienna North American parts content: 80 percent
Assembly: Princeton, Ind.

Toyota Sequoia North American parts content: 75 percent
Assembly: Princeton, Ind.
 
The Federal gov't does this. Only they force us to buy American made. The result? A normal, fiberglass handled sledge hammer that would cost us $30 at Wal-Mart costs us $55 at "Serv-Mart". Serv-Mart is the base store we have to patronize when using gov't funds to purchase low end items such as sledge hammers, shovels, trash cans, and various other items. Yeah, great policy. Taxpayers spend an extra $25 on a sledge hammer we're going to wear out/break in 4 months just because we're being made to buy 'Murican. I don't care who makes it, when it's $25 more, screw 'em.
 
Irrational hatred does cause irrational thinking - or is it the irrational thoughts that come before the hatred?

Ok, so some of the parts come from here also. I was only pointing out that assembly in the US does not equal "built" in the US. You show 3 models out of how many the company "makes" here? How much in import duties do they get to subtract and not pay on all their models vs how much we get from what production they do do in the US? If Toyota built a useful model that was also a high quality model vs a domestic brand, then I would say let the state buy them.

Frankly, for my personal use, I don't find any Toyota models particularly useful nor of "higher" quality in the models they actually build that I might have a use for. But then again, in many cases, no one does, so I have taken to buying much older models and modifying them for my uses.

BTW, where did you get that I "hate" someone or something based upon what you quoted?
 
The Federal gov't does this. Only they force us to buy American made. The result? A normal, fiberglass handled sledge hammer that would cost us $30 at Wal-Mart costs us $55 at "Serv-Mart". Serv-Mart is the base store we have to patronize when using gov't funds to purchase low end items such as sledge hammers, shovels, trash cans, and various other items. Yeah, great policy. Taxpayers spend an extra $25 on a sledge hammer we're going to wear out/break in 4 months just because we're being made to buy 'Murican. I don't care who makes it, when it's $25 more, screw 'em.

This bill at least specifies the preference is only when the two items are of equal cost and quality.
 
This bill at least specifies the preference is only when the two items are of equal cost and quality.

In other words, Perry is actually protecting American industry by vetoing the bill, since overpriced and poor quality has become typical of American Manufacturing for the last 40+ years. If the state were to buy affordable or high quality, then they would hardly ever buy American.
 
This bill at least specifies the preference is only when the two items are of equal cost and quality.
True. I understand that the bill is redundant though so it looks to be pointless legislation. I was simply pointing out the effect the bill would have if it were implemented in the way some on this thread wanted.
 
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