TheServantCharles
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This is likely true, though I was and still am in favor of the bailouts... less so of the bank bailouts, more so of the auto bailouts.
I would much rather we saved our car manufacturers here in the U.S. than see all those sales go to overseas companies, thus reducing our GDP (by how much I couldn't say) and sending more of our money to foreign companies.
Or American car companies can stop making crap cars. My friend bought a Ford Focus five years ago, brand new, and he's been having issues with the car. I ask him about it and he says to me, "well, it has got over 100,000 miles on it so it's just breaking down towards the end of it's life." My immediate response was, "Really? Because my family has owned several Hondas which all have over 100,000 miles, one of which has 200,000 miles, and my dad's put close to 300,000 miles on his Camry (Toyota) before it stopped working."
The difference I want to point out is, his perspective that 100,000 miles is the life expectancy of a car because he's owned an American made car. Whereas I've never owned an American car (I do drive a Chrysler Crossfire now, but this was when Mercedes was partnered with Chrysler and essentially designed/made everything but the frame, so I still insist that I have not ever owned an American made car) and I have no such expectations.