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t walgamuth · #10 01-03-2010, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by johnjzjz

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auto parts stores

repair shops

tire companys

it did to some degree save some fuel sure

but it was and still is a mess the way they just through tax payer money at a program that was to last 2 years - ended up 2 months i think and they had to stop it as the cars being sold did nothing for the USA

( japan ) yea dont tell me toyopet is an american car puting in a dozen bolts to an already painted and assembled unit shipped from japon it not BUILDING a car in the USA

60% were foregion cars doing nothing but taking US tax dollars and sending it over to another country

There is a subaru plant here in Lafayette....a honda plant in Marysville ohio, a toyota or nissan truck plant in southern INdiana, mb plant in alabama, bmw in one of the carolinas.

If you ask someone who works there I think you wil find they do a lot more than put a few bolts in.

Sure I'd rather that GM and Chrysler and Ford made cars that people would choose on their own to buy, but heck I would still like to be able to buy a new Studebaker too.

I don't want any of those companies to go under because of all the fine folks who work in them....but I suppose if they do that the japanese/american companies will pick up the slack.

The CFC was not mainly about saving fuel it was about giving the economy a boost and saving jobs.