The Defining Element: The Rosser Experience

There is a group on Facebook called "I'm an American and Therefore I Drive an American Car" that I find sadly incorect.

Note that the link to the group above requires a Facebook account. If you do not have a Facebook account, the group info is posted below:

As American citizens, it is important to support the American economy by buying American automobiles. It bugs me to see so many people driving foreign cars when it's GM and Ford that put food on the dinner tables of so many Americans. Our American car companies need our support now more than ever. According to the Detroit Free Press, Michigan has finally stepped up to help Ford. It's time the rest of the country did and the rest of Americans went back to buying American cars instead of imports. The rest of the country is failing Detroit and contributing to Michigan's "one-state recession." If you have ever thought any of this, then this group is for you.

This group isn't forcing anyone to do anything. We simply hope to raise awareness of the fact that Americans should be supporting their own industries if we want to stay competitive with Asia. If we don't, the Asian tiger will overcome us in all of our lifetimes. Furthermore, we hope to dispel the myth that our domestic automobile manufactures don't produce the same quality cars as foreign car companies.

OK, well being apart from just being ignorant, most of the things in there are wrong. Here they are:

...GM and Ford that put food on the dinner tables of so many Americans.

False. While foreign car companies are based in other countries, the majority of their cars are manufactured in American plants. So GM and Ford hire no more Americans than Honda or BMW.

Our American car companies need our support now more than ever.

False. Huge companies never need support of individuals. That's just common sense.

We simply hope to raise awareness of the fact that Americans should be supporting their own industries if we want to stay competitive with Asia.

So how would giving all our business to the domestic companies create more competition? That's backwards. If we put all the stress on Ford, GM, and Daimler Chrysler, they will be forced to innovate and THEN we can be in competition with Asia.

...the myth that our domestic automobile manufactures don't produce the same quality cars as foreign car companies.

False. It is a proven fact that American cars are of poorer quality than most foreign companies.