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From: C. E. White on 16 Apr 2010 10:20

"Conscience" <nobama@g�v.com> wrote in message
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> 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: Jim Yanik on 16 Apr 2010 11:21
"C. E. White" <cewhite3(a)mindspring.com> wrote in
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>
> "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
>
>
>

Maybe Mazda will build another US plant to make them.

BTW,the Ford Probe had Mazda mechanicals,a Ford body.

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
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dot com
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.
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someone with less ability and more need.
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