From: badgolferman on 15 Apr 2010 15:25 Conscience wrote: >On 2010-04-15 12:16:15 -0700, "badgolferman" ><REMOVETHISbadgolferman(a)gmail.com> said: > >>>Our '98 has been a great vehicle. But I've had no love for Camrys >>>from '07 on. >> >>I have a 97 Camry right now and a 2000 Sienna. The 97 has been >>decent in reliability but it still is not near the quality of the >>workmanship as the 1994 Camry was. > >Lemme guess: 4 cyl.? Yes, both of the Camrys. My friend's 1997 Camry 6 has something like 280K miles now. He felt like it was starting to get long in the tooth so he bought a 2000 Camry that looks just like it and is an automatic so the wife can drive it.
From: C. E. White on 16 Apr 2010 10:20 "Conscience" <nobama@g�v.com> wrote in message news:hq9oln$9me$1(a)news.albasani.net... > On 2010-04-15 22:13:46 -0700, Chuck <cdknospam(a)cox.net> said: > >> "I own a 2009 Ranger" -- which was built in the same plant as the >> Mazda truck. > > The Twin Cities plant also builds Mazdas? Didn't know that. The US Mazda Pickup Trucks are just thinly disquised Rangers - at least for now. Not sure what happens when Ford finally kills off the Ranger. I suppose Mazda will go back to importing their trucks. Ed
From: Ron Peterson on 16 Apr 2010 15:49 On Apr 15, 5:50 pm, "Frank Berger" <frank.d.ber...(a)dal.frb.org> wrote: > When you buy a foreign made product, what do you think happens to the money > you spend? The foreigner uses the money to buy American products or to > invest in America (buying real assets, Treasury securities (effectively > lending money to America). That's correct. The sellers of foreign made products are financing our unemployment assistance. > These activities lead to creation of jobs in > America, just different ones than the ones you have in mind. True, free > trade can lead to a decline in some industries, but it leads to expansion in > others. The problem is that the net tax revenue for foreign made products is considerably less than that for domestically made products. > This is true for *any* change, not just trade. Do you think the > invention of the automobile helped or hurt people making the livings from > shoing horses or making or servicing wagons? Horse manure was a problem before the invention of the automobile. -- Ron
From: Frank Berger on 16 Apr 2010 19:42 Ron Peterson wrote: > On Apr 15, 5:50 pm, "Frank Berger" <frank.d.ber...(a)dal.frb.org> wrote: > >> When you buy a foreign made product, what do you think happens to >> the money you spend? The foreigner uses the money to buy American >> products or to invest in America (buying real assets, Treasury >> securities (effectively lending money to America). > > That's correct. The sellers of foreign made products are financing our > unemployment assistance. > >> These activities lead to creation of jobs in >> America, just different ones than the ones you have in mind. True, >> free trade can lead to a decline in some industries, but it leads to >> expansion in others. > > The problem is that the net tax revenue for foreign made products is > considerably less than that for domestically made products. > >> This is true for *any* change, not just trade. Do you think the >> invention of the automobile helped or hurt people making the livings >> from shoing horses or making or servicing wagons? > > Horse manure was a problem before the invention of the automobile. Still is.
From: Matthew Russotto on 18 Apr 2010 00:43 In article <hq8r0h$ni0$2(a)news.albasani.net>, Conscience <nobama@g�v.com> wrote: > >Witness so many good cars not allowed into the U.S. due to top-speed >numbers. The RX-8 is a mere shadow of what it could have been. As far as I know, there's no statutory or regulatory limitation on top speed of a US car. >My Bimmer is limited to 155, and the list goes on and on... That's a gentleman's agreement between BMW and Mercedes. -- The problem with socialism is there's always someone with less ability and more need.
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