tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15888307.post6533495501642577806..comments2024-03-21T01:01:49.406-04:00Comments on The Phantom Soapbox: Ford moving production to Mexico. Not Canada.The Phantomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10159748429049446398noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15888307.post-59334454013642028092016-09-20T20:39:48.106-04:002016-09-20T20:39:48.106-04:00AsURSoMI said: "Plants moved from the US to C... AsURSoMI said: "Plants moved from the US to Canada in the 50s cause our labour was cheaper and less organized until the United Auto Workers (US based) moved to town."<br /><br />Nope. Ford's been in Windsor since 1904. <br /><br />"We need new answers and I can see there ain't none here."<br /><br />Let me guess. Nationalize the car business, right? Trabant North! Yeah, baby!The Phantomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10159748429049446398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15888307.post-33002126750436781062016-09-20T19:31:01.582-04:002016-09-20T19:31:01.582-04:00Watch you don't slip off that soap box.
Ford ...Watch you don't slip off that soap box. <br />Ford is moving, has moved (in the 70s) and will continue to move. Duh! <br />Mexico is CHEAP. <br />Mexico is CORRUPT. <br />Mexico can be BOUGHT. <br />Ford executives will be UNTOUCHED.<br /><br />Plants have been moving since the 70s.<br />Plants moved from the US to Canada in the 50s cause our labour was cheaper and less organized until the United Auto Workers (US based) moved to town. <br /><br />Canada or any other 1st World nation cannot complete with Mexican or Chinese labour markets controlled by their governments and corrupted private sectors. <br />Too many of you quote from the old Capitalism Tomb that no longer applies. This ain't your father's economy. <br />Ford (and the rest) missed the boat on fuel efficient cars and let the Japanese manufacturers grab huge market share - that's Capitalism for ya; bet none of those execs left office without parachutes. <br />We need new answers and I can see there ain't none here. <br />AsURSoMIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01657850566963779901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15888307.post-25472889811003595802016-09-19T19:57:51.033-04:002016-09-19T19:57:51.033-04:00And this is just another example of what the Liber...And this is just another example of what the Liberals are doing to Canada. They are succeeding at completely destroying this country economically. They no longer support our long established businesses. They no longer give incentives to attract new businesses. They tax them to the hill and then wonder why they don't continue to expand their business here. And then they spend billions of $ trying to create work assisted agencies. Way to go Wynne and Trudeau. You are two peas in a pod. Joseph Fickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00480603516194241075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15888307.post-77616646972445959802016-09-19T17:35:03.996-04:002016-09-19T17:35:03.996-04:00Indeed. Very simple.
The costs are too high, des...Indeed. Very simple. <br /><br />The costs are too high, despite an excellent electric service, despite Canada being an energy exporter, despite abundant raw materials right here in Ontario, despite the Nanticoke US Steel (formerly Stelco) plant that produces the best automotive grade steel available, despite masses of under-employed skilled workers dying for a decent job... Despite all those huge advantages, the costs are too high.<br /><br />Why is that?The Phantomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10159748429049446398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15888307.post-26442072055596923502016-09-19T17:29:28.143-04:002016-09-19T17:29:28.143-04:00The cost of operation is to high. Between unions a...The cost of operation is to high. Between unions and energy costs. Simple. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15888307.post-15579333745720190162016-09-19T11:14:29.164-04:002016-09-19T11:14:29.164-04:00Ah, punitive taxation and high import tarrifs. Yes...Ah, punitive taxation and high import tarrifs. Yes, that would certainly keep Ford from building in Mexico.<br /><br />And your Ford Focus would cost $100,000.00, with a ten year waiting list. See Trabant, East Germany.<br /><br />The problem is that when you punish people for being in business, they stop doing it. Nobody -has- to make cars, right? They do it for money. No money, why bother?<br /><br />That assumes a level playing field. What I'm afraid of is when they punish -some- people and not others. That is corruption, and that seems to be the way things are going very quickly.The Phantomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10159748429049446398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15888307.post-29846142613201624942016-09-19T09:17:51.785-04:002016-09-19T09:17:51.785-04:00This simple, the law should be, if you start a com...This simple, the law should be, if you start a company in the USA or Canada, and you decide to move the plant to a country with cheaper labour and little law, then we are going to tax you 200,000 per job loss and put a hefty import charge on your vehicles, something like 300% of the price. See how soon they leave Mexico now.Palladininoreply@blogger.com