Quote Originally Posted by SmokinDVM
Those shitty Japanese cars now cost as much, if not more than, American cars. They tricked stupid Americans into buying a throw away car because it's not reasonable to fix them. People used to be able to buy a car, and keep it for 20+ years. Now they have to buy a new one every 2-4 years.
Actually, I had a Toyota Corolla with 300,000 miles on it before it busted a head gasket. It's rare to find an American car with more than 100,000 miles on it these days.

These days, Japanese cars are expensive for two reasons. They are taxed MUCH more than their American counterparts. And they have better build quality. I remember when Toyota was the new guy on the block; now Toyota has a bigger Formula 1 budget than Ferrari. In a few years, we won't be talking about Ferrari, Renault, and McLaren, we'll be talking about Toyota and Honda. Until the Chinese get involved.

In order to be better than other countries, we must COMPETE. That means we have to compete with the Mexicans, who will work harder for less, and the Indians, who work harder and are occasionally smarter, the Japanese, who are smarter and work harder, and the Chinese, who are going to completely blow us out of the water.

Whining because Pedro is coming over and taking away all the ditch-digging jobs isn't any way to compete and will eventually lead to economic decay. Personally, I want Pedro to come over and dig some ditches and pay taxes and shop at Best Buy (even if he is buying Sony and Panasonic) and bring his family over and buy a house in my neighborhood. It used to be a neighborhood of greenhorns, we could use a couple wetbacks.