I know this is off topic but if the Japanese are so bad, look at their killing of whales too, then why is it Americans support them in enormous numbers by purchasing their cars and other products? I actually heard a minister at a NASCAR race praise Toyota as if they were some sort of savior company. Americans seem unaware a large part of our national job loss is a result of their actions.
"Japan ships 1.5 million cars to America each year, but allows only 20,000 American cars into its own market. Since 2012, Japan’s yen has devalued by 50 percent against the dollar. Now Japan wants tariff-free access to the U.S. market through the TPP while it continues to cheat on currency." see American Manufacturing.org and TPP
'Toyota leads in recalls again in 2013, with tally topping 5 million vehicles'
Toyota leads in recalls again in 2013, with tally topping 5 million vehicles
"If any single number captures the state of the American economy over the last decade, it is zero. That was the net gain in jobs between 1999 and 2009—nada, nil, zip. By painful contrast, from the 1940s through the 1990s, recessions came and went, but no decade ended without at least a 20 percent increase in the number of jobs."
Who Broke America’s Jobs Machine? - Barry C. Lynn and Phillip Longman
'Toyota's Out-of-Control Gas Pedals, 2009 & 2010, Size of Recall: 9 million vehicles Models Affected: 2004-2010 Toyota Avalon, Camry, Corolla, Matrix, Highlander, Prius, RAV4, Tundra, Tacoma and various Lexus models.'....Company officials have estimated the cost of the blunder will top $5 billion after all is said and done, making it the costliest recall ever recorded.'
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