----- Original Message Just the Facts
Share the following facts with your friends and neighbors.
Help them understand why buying a GM or Ford vehicle is important to them, and to you and to this countries economy.
Background
While foreign auto manufacturers attempt to “wrap themselves in the American Flag,” the fact remains the same – the contributions to the U.S. economy by our foreign competition cannot compare to those made by GM & Ford and other American OWNED companies.
Just the factsÂ….
•Every day, nearly one million Americans earn their living helping GM build and sell cars in the United States
•Every month 457,000 retirees and their spouses count on GM for Pension checks
•Over 1.2 million Americans receive health care benefits from General Motors
•GM is the only domestic manufacturer to rank above industry average in J D Powers Vehicle Dependability study; 40% improvement over last 3 years
–Cadillac cars outranked Lexus
–Buick and Cadillac both finished higher than Toyota
•The domestic parts content for GM vehicles sold in North America is 82%. This means more jobs for Americans by American OWNED businesses. The profit stays in the U. S.
–Toyota Motor Company’s domestic parts content is under 36%; Lexus band is 3.4%. Using these foreign made auto parts provides jobs for more Japanese, not Americans. The profit for these parts stay in Japan!
General Motors – Contributions to the Economy
•In the past 5 years, GM has invested over 20 billion in the U.S.
•GM’s contribution to the U.S. Gross National Product is about 4 times that of Toyota
The Domestic Auto Industry – Your Neighbors
•GM, Ford and DCX manufacturer 75% of all cars and trucks built in the United States
•The U.S. domestic auto manufacturers employ almost 90% of all American Auto Workers. The Big Three currently have about 470,000 direct employees in the United States , this is nearly 10 times as many as the Japanese transplants (49,000)
•For every 100 vehicles sold in the United States , approximately 23 jobs are provided - nearly twice as many as our Japanese counterparts
•GM, Ford and DCX provide health care benefits to over 1.8 million U.S. employees, retirees, and their families
–Foreign competition provides approximately 281,000 U.S. employees, retirees and family members with health care benefits
The Domestic Auto Industry – Your Community
•Over 85% of the Total Investments in the U.S. Auto Industry since 1980 have been made by GM, Ford and DCX
•Combined, GM, Ford and DCX spend over $16 Billion on Research and Development each year – more than any other industry
•Profits earned by American OWNED manufacturers stay in the United States!
Why is the following information important to you?
•Discounted employee sales accounted for nearly 15% of total retail sales in 2003 – over 510,000 units – the equivalent of the annual production of 2 assembly plants. Friends & relatives purchases are important to the success of GM & Ford and to the survival of the U. S. economy. Every person in the U.S. will have their pocket book affected in some way. Odds are your 401k's, retirement pension funds, increased taxes, and even your & your neighbors jobs will feel the strain if U.S. companies continue to decline and the Japanese continue to force out and buy out U.S OWNED companies. Here is a listed of American companies that are now OWNED by the Japanese: http://www.overthehillcarpeople.com/...uers042105.htm . If you thought you would not be affected because you don't work for GM or Ford, you better think again! So use these facts to help encourage your friends & neighbors to buy GM/Ford and other products from American OWNED companies. Remember, every time a Foreign product is purchased from a Foreign OWNED company the net profit goes to that foreign country, not the U.S.A. This true even if the product is made in America. Tax payers get ready for some big tax increases to make up for these loses to the U.S. economy.
Lets see now, China & other Foreign countries shut down the United States Steel Industry and our government did nothing to level the import competition......U. S. Airlines have been driven to bankruptcy by the radical Muslim countries and our government did nothing......Electronics (TV's, CD Players, Boom Boxes etc.) in the U. S. are now nonexistent and our government did nothing.....Mexicans are over running our country with 13 million illegal aliens and our government is doing nothing.....Oil prices and availability are being dictated to the U. S. by the Middle Eastern countries and our government is doing nothing....now the Japanese are driving U. S. automotive companies out of business and our government is doing nothing to level the import competition. How long will it be before the Japanese dictate what we drive and what we pay to drive it, like Oil is now? Ask yourself, where is this going to stop? What will America OWN in a few years? What will we sell to other countries?
Is it in my best interest to purchases products MADE in America, but OWNED by Foreign governments and companies? The answer is NO!
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