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Old 06-11-2006, 12:45 PM
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Default Re: Ford exec: Japanese hogging hybrid parts

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Originally Posted by AshenGrey
Well... Ford could always seek a *domestic* battery/parts manufacturer...

But WAIT... the greedy American CEOs have sent almost EVERY manufactuing job the USA ever had down to Mexico or overseas so that the top 1% in the corporate structure can get billion-dollar bonuses while factory workers who used to get $12-$20/hour now get $5.85/hour at WalMart (and no benefits, of course! Gotta keep those prices low and the stock options high!)

Ford could start manufacturing their own components, but that would entail giving good-paying jobs to Americans, and no American megacorp wants to do *that*!!
Or... Americans could just get into the education game and become the engineers and science experts of the future and keep up with China, India, etc. God forbid somebody would accept a changing world and adapt rather than remain in a dying occupation. As for Ford, they snoozed and they lost, tough luck. It's not as though Ford hasn't dropped the ball before.
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