Being an American, I've started feeling like my parents did in the 70's when "buy American" was a huge deal. Now that I'm an adult, if I were in the market for a new car, I'd probably lean toward buying American and you can bet it would be a Ford. Ford is the only American company that did not request or take bailout money. I was against the bailout from the beginning. I had no faith it would help, no faith in the companies asking for help to make the tough decisions required for their businesses to survive. Now we've seen the lavish parties for the same companies that needed to be saved and it makes me sick. I will try my hardest to NOT give any companies receiving bailout money any more of my hard earned dollars.
Luckily, I don't need to think about buying a new car as mine is only a year old. We do have a 2004 Ford that is still like brand new so I'm sure it will keep hauling hockey gear for years to come. I've always felt like GM products were crap anyway. If they disappeared tomorrow, I wouldn't miss their vehicles. The job loss would be sad for a lot of people. Union employees have a tough time finding new work, and there are a lot of them in the auto manufacturing sector.
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