US Auto Industry

There are two important goals in maintaining US auto manufacturing. The first goal is; maintaining the US work force. There are a long list of workers that depend upon the US auto industry. If the US auto industry can produce quality vehicles, which have the fuel efficiency we need to become independent from energy sources that are beyond our control and they are sold at a price that is comparable to vehicles that are either manufactured beyond our borders or within our country but with the profits going elsewhere, then there is no reason for the US auto workers to loose their source of income. And that brings me to the second goal; the profits from US auto sales need to stay here. Foreign manufactures, producing vehicles within our borders, sends the profits from the sales of those autos else where. Having foreign auto companies produce autos here helps US workers but sending the profits beyond our borders should be unnecessary if the US auto companies can compete. If foreign auto makers can produce high quality, fuel efficient cars at a reasonable price so can we. So it is time for the US automakers to drag themselves into the twenty-first century or disappear, their choice.

Henry Ford started his company with the goal of building a car that his workers could afford. Tat seems like a goal they should get back to.