If the "American" companies offered what I wanted, without raping me in the
wallet, I would have bought one of those. As it was, the *ONLY* truck that
had what I needed was my Tundra..... and it was made in the USA.

"Don" <DonAdams@GetSmart.com> wrote in message
news:S1WIh.25171$S%2.8517@newsfe06.phx...
> IF American car companies made the best cars and trucks on the market, the
> foreign car companies wouldn't be so popular in North America.
>
> Really simple....
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> "tizak" <tizak_4@yahoo. com> wrote in message
> news:1173623329.893117.107170@64g2000cwx.googlegro ups.com...
>> As free traders are we being taken for suckers, with the US and
>> Canadian government acquiescing with countries actively acting in bad
>> faith and trading unfairly.
>>
>> This is from a newspaper article (
>> http://www.canada.com/topics/news/na...3037a5&k=21038
>> )
>>
>> Here is the take away from this article...
>>
>> "Hargrove said four million vehicles were shipped into North America
>> last year, many from countries that don't allow foreign cars to be
>> sold in their markets.
>>
>> He took special aim at Japan for tariff and other barriers.
>>
>> "One story is that if you buy an import, right away your income tax is
>> audited," Hargrove said, adding that inspection processes are another
>> way foreign vehicles are kept out of Japan."
>>
>> It is bad enough that the US guarantees their security at great cost
>> while they build and ship cars from their countries (Japan, Korea
>> specifically) while undermining the North American economy by blocking
>> access to their markets.
>>
>> Where does fair trade become part of the purchasing decision?
>>
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