Making cars in Mexico rewarded

So, Mr. Mulally and Mr. Ford receive nearly $100 million in stock awards for their performance during the last couple of years. (Wednesday article, “Ford rewards execs with $100M of stock“).

This happened because of their great business savvy, and, while they closed plants and rid themselves of workers in the U.S., they invested $3 billion in making their fuel efficient vehicles and F-150 trucks in Mexico.

Three billion invested in Mexico so they can pay Mexican workers about a third of what Americans make in Detroit, plus no pesky unions or environmental concerns.

Thanks to the North American Free Trade Agreement, and our accommodating politicians, they’ll receive tax write-offs and won’t have to pay any tariffs to bring their products back across the border.

I have to say it, I think we are a bunch of fools for rewarding people who are killing our economy when we buy products that aren’t made in the U.S.

If Mr. Mulally and Mr. Ford think it’s such a great idea to build cars in Mexico, maybe they should have to sell them in Mexico and not be allowed to import them into the U.S.

It would be interesting to see what kind of bonus they would get then.

Jim Konicki
Lake Stevens