range Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 Toyota may pull out of Australia due to soaring dollar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suv_guy_19 Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 Toyota may pull out of Australia due to soaring dollar Maybe they'll pull out of Canada too lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy82471 Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 The title is a bit misleading. Toyota isn't planning to stop selling in Aussieland just stop building there. A cheaper yen makes exporting from Japan a lot more profitable. I don't know why Toyota should be hammered for that since FORD, GM, and Chrysler are doing the same thing in North America. Big Corporations are not there for a welfare handout; they are there to make money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furious1Auto Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 (edited) The title is a bit misleading. Toyota isn't planning to stop selling in Aussieland just stop building there. A cheaper yen makes exporting from Japan a lot more profitable. I don't know why Toyota should be hammered for that since FORD, GM, and Chrysler are doing the same thing in North America. Big Corporations are not there for a welfare handout; they are there to make money. Uh, they're being equally criticized for the same tactics, your a moron for not recognizing labor for it's value and supporting paying a living wage. Also it is disingenuous to compare labor to a welfare hand out! Go hurt yourself you have my blessing! Edited November 2, 2007 by Furious1Auto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy82471 Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 Uh, they being equally criticized for the same tactics, you a moron for not recognizing labor for it's value and supporting paying a living wage. Also it is disingenuous to compare labor to a welfare hand out! Go hurt yourself you have my blessing! Then you should embrace Hillary Clinton's socialist utopia where the government is in charge of everything. You can't be a defender of capitalism and be against free market. In a free market, you build your product where it is the cheapest to do so; hence you increase your profit margin. A high Aussie dollar is not conducive for manufacturing and Toyota realizes that. That is the same reason the BIG 3 are closing plants here and opening new ones in Latin America and China. Lower labor cost + no healthcare liability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suv_guy_19 Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 Then you should embrace Hillary Clinton's socialist utopia where the government is in charge of everything. You can't be a defender of capitalism and be against free market. You guys crack me up sometimes. Socialist utopia, haha, I guess some people will always hate good ideas. I'm not saying I like Hillary, but shes on the right track. You can have a liberal leader and still have a free market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
630land Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 Some [rich folks of course] want a capitalist 'utopia. No middle class, only a few rich and many poor. Use 'family values' and 'no new taxes' to get votes, then pass laws so companies can fire workers and move work to those who can for pennies. Or course "they' will say 'get a job', but not everyone can be a CEO or MBA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebritt Posted October 31, 2007 Share Posted October 31, 2007 Some [rich folks of course] want a capitalist 'utopia. No middle class, only a few rich and many poor. Use 'family values' and 'no new taxes' to get votes, then pass laws so companies can fire workers and move work to those who can for pennies. Or course "they' will say 'get a job', but not everyone can be a CEO or MBA. That was stupid, what are you a 6th grader? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaZor Posted October 31, 2007 Share Posted October 31, 2007 Well, actually he is right. . . he just didn't say it with proper grammar. . . but then that seems to be quite common here. The middle class is indeed under siege in America. What is going to be interesting to see is how the right-wingers are going to provide the security (and they do like to campaign that they are the experts on it) that this country absolutely must have. . . and that is 100% scanning/inspection of every imported good/object (that comes into this country). Obviously, that will be very expensive and they will probably wait until the next crisis before doing anything about it, and then tell us that it will have to done (after the fact) and you and I will end up paying for it . . . instead of mandating that all ports of entry have 100% compliance by xxx date and charging the user (importer) to pay (importation fees sufficient to pay) for the equipment and personnel. What do they call it? Oh yes, a user fee. Trust me, we will end up paying for it. "Free" trade (as opposed to "fair" trade) will sink this ship. . . just like refusing to enforce existing immigration laws and refusal to close the borders to illegals (even after 9/11) will help to create a gash in the hull in the (which may turn out to be, our) Titanic. But it IS making a relative few very rich. The problem is that they cannot seem to grasp the concept that it IS the middle class that makes this country, and especially the economy, work. Remember "trickle down economics"? Did it ever occur to you that they didn't call it "flow-down economics"? Why is that? It was never intended to be more than a trickle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furious1Auto Posted October 31, 2007 Share Posted October 31, 2007 Well, actually he is right. . . he just didn't say it with proper grammar. . . but then that seems to be quite common here. The middle class is indeed under siege in America. What is going to be interesting to see is how the right-wingers are going to provide the security (and they do like to campaign that they are the experts on it) that this country absolutely must have. . . and that is 100% scanning/inspection of every imported good/object (that comes into this country). Obviously, that will be very expensive and they will probably wait until the next crisis before doing anything about it, and then tell us that it will have to done (after the fact) and you and I will end up paying for it . . . instead of mandating that all ports of entry have 100% compliance by xxx date and charging the user (importer) to pay (importation fees sufficient to pay) for the equipment and personnel. What do they call it? Oh yes, a user fee. Trust me, we will end up paying for it. "Free" trade (as opposed to "fair" trade) will sink this ship. . . just like refusing to enforce existing immigration laws and refusal to close the borders to illegals (even after 9/11) will help to create a gash in the hull in the (which may turn out to be, our) Titanic. But it IS making a relative few very rich. The problem is that they cannot seem to grasp the concept that it IS the middle class that makes this country, and especially the economy, work. Remember "trickle down economics"? Did it ever occur to you that they didn't call it "flow-down economics"? Why is that? It was never intended to be more than a trickle. Well said! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bored of Pisteon Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 You guys crack me up sometimes. Socialist utopia, haha, I guess some people will always hate good ideas. I'm not saying I like Hillary, but shes on the right track. You can have a liberal leader and still have a free market. Guess what? She ain't on the right track... Look at her performance in the DemocRAT debates the other night... She couldn't even answer the question with a straight answer about the illegal immigrant issue that was batted around that night. The Democrats just lost the 2008 election and I couldn't be happier! :happy feet: :happy feet: :happy feet: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bored of Pisteon Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 And with that side note out of the way let's get back to doing what we do best! Reporting the news on Toyota that the left leaning liberal media won't! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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