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YO!!......DONALD!!!!!

Mar 3, 2016 12:46PM PST

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Forget living on sound bites.
Mar 3, 2016 1:34PM PST

That's not a good diet for the brain. Watch Romney's entire recorded speech if you've not done so. Partake of the entire meal instead of grabbing from the Hors d'oeuvre tray.

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RE:Forget living on sound bites.
Mar 3, 2016 1:43PM PST

Watch Romney's entire recorded speech

Did that...as he spoke...not edited.

My other post was pointing out Trumps version of what happened.

Trump is so full of it...it's a wonder his eyes aren't dark brown.

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Mitt tells it like he should
Mar 4, 2016 6:27AM PST
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RE:Mitt tells it like he should
Mar 4, 2016 7:32AM PST

and if Trump would put up or shut up(tell it like it is)......

Complaining about jobs going overseas while he provides work for foreign workers in foreign countries....THAT would get him LOTS of votes....IF I was running for President that's one thing I would do...

I wonder if Trump has a plan to "pull the strings" on his financial holdings just in case he does get to be President.

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Mexico is stealing the auto industry
Mar 4, 2016 10:45AM PST

from Canada too. Our former 1998 Lumina was built in Canada.

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And, there was a time
Mar 4, 2016 11:09AM PST
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Do you honestly believe
Mar 4, 2016 11:57AM PST

that Americans aren't already being harmed?

As for every vehicle in Canada was made in the USA.....don't you have anybody in your entire country with the ability to start an auto industry so you could build your own and create jobs?

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RE:don't you have anybody in your entire country
Mar 4, 2016 12:23PM PST
don't you have anybody in your entire country with the ability to start an auto industry so you could build your own and create jobs?

The problem is, we've become TOO efficient...Mass production has killed the small market...One plant can produce enough for a large number of customers, more than the demand for the product.

Vehicles last longer than they did when they used to rust out or breakdown. The largest cost in the production of a vehicle is the labour...cheaper labour....more profit.....Build a vehicle in America....cost goes up....

WHY should one country be allowed to produce vehicles in their country and sell in another country, without some benefit?

It's what Trump calls negotiations.

Do you think Americans that purchase cars made in Mexico gain nothing from purchasing vehicles made offshore?
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RE:to start an auto industry so you could build your own
Mar 4, 2016 12:33PM PST
to start an auto industry so you could build your own and create jobs?

I said "there WAS a time"...I didn't say NOW

START?
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RE: Do you honestly believe that Americans aren't
Mar 4, 2016 1:23PM PST

Do you honestly believe that Americans aren't already being harmed?

harmed AND helped?

In 2009, the United States exported 1.01 million passenger vehicles throughout the world. The number of exports increased to 1.39 million vehicles in 2010, and by 2014 the number of vehicles exported totaled 2.11 million. In terms of dollar value, U.S. vehicle exports increased 138 percent from $24.2 billion in 2009 to over $57 billion in 2014.

The automotive industry has traditionally been one of the largest employers in the United States, and, therefore, the industry’s recovery has been a great contributor to increases in employment and the overall U.S. economic recovery. In total, according to the Center for Automotive Research, the U.S. auto industry indirectly supports 7.25 million private sector jobs, almost $500 billion in annual compensation, and nearly $65 billion in personal tax revenues. The U.S. motor vehicle and parts manufacturing industry directly employed over 876,800 workers on average in 20142. In January 2009, prior to the NEI being announced, employment in the sector was down to 664,100 on average. From 2009-2014 employment has steadily grown in the automotive sector anywhere from 14,000 jobs up to nearly 60,000 jobs per year. In each of the first five months of 2015, employment has been over 900,000. As the data and examples below demonstrate, it appears the industry foresees continued growth in employment and U.S. vehicle exports.

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IF all of that information is actual fact based
Mar 4, 2016 2:07PM PST

and not propaganda, explain to me why they have had to be bailed out twice by the Federal Government (three times if you include the additional monies given to them by BO after they were already bailed out with TARP/Stimulus)?

You COULD blame Unions.................or extremely poor management who, although they knew NOTHING about negotiating contracts and simple bookkeeping, STILL collected their bonuses.

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RE:management who,
Mar 4, 2016 7:04PM PST
management who, although they knew NOTHING about negotiating contracts

Does this mean you're NOT voting for Trump?

He IS "management".
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more babble....
Mar 5, 2016 3:08AM PST

and no response to the actual question...........

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RE no response to the actual question.....
Mar 5, 2016 4:06AM PST

Question?

explain to me why they have had to be bailed out twice by the Federal Government (three times if you include the additional monies given to them by BO after they were already bailed out with TARP/Stimulus)?

Question?


It looks like a statement/demand with a question mark at the end.

THIS is a question.

Does this mean you're NOT voting for Trump?

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Operative word in my 'statement'
Mar 5, 2016 5:49AM PST

is "WHY"......which in almost every instance in the English language is followed by a "?" mark.......thus the 'statement' IS a question.

Answer the question/statement/demand...........

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RE:Answer the question/statement/demand..
Mar 5, 2016 7:14AM PST
explain to me why they have had to be bailed out twice by the Federal Government (three times if you include the additional monies given to them by BO after they were already bailed out with TARP/Stimulus)?

Poor management.