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Originally Posted by TundraMaxxer
I'm not sure I follow. I assume you DO realize that Toyota operates eight or nine manufacturing plants in America already. The new plant in Mississippi (for Highlanders) will bring that number to nine. I don't get how a Japanese health care system is impacting these American workers.
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Right -- I should have been more clear. Certainly, exchange rate and health care costs are smaller advantages now for Toyota since they're basing more operations in the US, but during the years of phenomenal growth, most of their vehilces were produced outside the US. Furthermore, they do still see the benefits of government supplied healthcare because a lot of their support personel, R&D, and corporate management is based in Japan.
Not knocking Toyota or defending the US automakers, but some of Toyota's higher tariff costs etc. were compensated for by Japan's favorable economic system.
Which brings us to discussing nationalized healthcare.
JUST KIDDING!! This is a TUNDRA forum.
I'll shut up now...