Boycott Toyota for Moving to Anti-LBGT Texas!

[Savannahmann]

87. So now the reason changes

I showed how the claimed reason was silly, or stupid, depending on your point of view. I showed how we were trying to screw several unions in favor of the UAW. Now, it's corporate responsibility for taxes.

OK, let's go there.

Why schools in California ranked 16th, when tax wise they are 10th?

South Dakota with much lower taxes ranks number one. So what are they doing that California isn't where Schools are concerned?

Profit is the reason all corporations are in business. It's why everyone who has a job, has a job. The employer expects to make money off of your labor, and pays you for the labor. Let's say you are an employer. The way you stay in business, and keep those people working for you, is to turn a profit. Profit is not in an of itself bad, when it's 1,500% more than the workers, then we have an issue, but profit itself is not. Because many companies turn those profits into new products, like the aforementioned Prius. That car cost tens of millions of dollars, perhaps even hundreds of millions of dollars to research and develop. They got that money from... Profit.

The engine in my Toyota Sienna uses synthetic oil. The testing that went into that to make sure that the oil would not damage any seals, a problem with bio-diesel for example, that would require newly designed seals cost a ton of money. Then there was testing to make sure the car would hold up in accidents. That cost a ton of money, which was paid for by that evil profit.

Profit in and of itself is not bad. By cutting costs, Toyota can put that much more into research and development for even more environmentally friendly cars. My Van with it's synthetic oil gets better gas mileage than the one from just a couple years before. Milking a couple more MPG from the gallon of gasoline.

The Toyota Tacoma was designed by the office in California. Those engineers and designers were not fired summarily when they were done, they are still employed, improving upon their design. Those are Americans, doing a job for a company, which the company expects to get something for.

Road and bridges? Pennsylvania is the state with the greatest need for bridge repair. So why aren't we shouting at Toyota to move to Pennsylvania?

You give me a corporate policy that is wrong, and I'll join the boycott. You give me a good reason and I'll be first in line. But this is nothing more than nonsense. Every reason someone pulls out shows that it's a bias against Foreign companies operating in the US, and gaining popularity over the traditional US brands, most of which are made in Mexico, with non union labor. All of this is nonsense, it's a smoke screen.

Toyota took the leap and created the first viable Hybrid auto. A technology that many others have joined in on. They dedicated a ton of money to do so, and deserve the credit. Honda is the first with the Hydrogen Fuel Cell. Honda is a foreign company operating in the US and that includes factories. GM, Ford, and Chrysler are following, when they see they have to, not before.

But we have to protect California, and teach Toyota a lesson. The why is a little vague, but that we have to is the real deal.

You can buy anything you want to. Any car you want to. It is your choice, but don't pretend that you are making that choice for moral reasons that are less substantial than a tissue. And don't pretend that those of us who eschew the so called boycott are less concerned than thou about social issues. Because kids in Texas need good schools as much as kids in California.