Bingo. US productivity has go up something like 250 percent the last 40 years, manufacturing pay has gone up 50 percent.

Up until the late 1960s, the city where I live was an industrial powerhouse. Some of the finest domestic textiles, power tools, and and precision instruments were made less than a mile from my house.

I don’t usually care where my product of choice comes from as long as it works.

So what? If you can’t buy _everything_ made in a democracy, there’s no point in trying to buy _anything_ made in a democracy?

Yeah, and my frustration isn’t so much with you, per se, as Jalopnik as a whole giving Buick less respect than I’d like. The brand that sells 2 turbo 6-speed manual models in America.

I’m not really sure I get the reactions here. Yes, it’s probably not the wisest move on the part of the Turks, warnings or not, but they have made it abundantly clear that they will aggressively defend their airspace in the past, so they’re consistent, at least.

Correction: Buying an affordable car doesn’t mean buying new anymore. New cars have become out-of-reach for many people.

The left is in denial about radical Islam the way they were in denial about the nazis prior to operation Barbarossa when they clung to the Molotov Ribbentrop pact.

There’s nothing wrong with bigotry if the target of hate is a culture prone to religious fanaticism. It seems you feel uncomfortable saying that radical Muslims are pieces of shit and realize being a “better person” doesn't always mean moral relativism.

Land of the free*

I’m in the military, I think I have the patriotism thing well sorted out.

Name something that gives me 43mpg while towing a 1500lb trailer and I’ll consider it.

US Government, please let them implement a fix before you gut the company and run it out of the country.

Sincerely, someone who doesn’t want to have to pay for whatever modifications are necessary to remain legal.

It says more about consumers than manufacturers in my opinion.

That’s not much different than many luxury car makers, who do a lot of business in 2-3 year leases.

I don’t think it’s a big secret that Tesla has fit and finish issues. Building a production car is extremely difficult, especially a premium one. The idea that a startup company could just drop in and immediately start building a product that can legitimately compete with hundred-year-old luxury car companies like…

To all of you saying passing on the DY is automatically Bad - stop. Just stop.

a) You probably don’t ride. Believe me, there are plenty of places that are unsafe for a car to pass where it’s no problem for a bike (either due to the bike being able to do the pass or simply because of things like better sightlines due to…

Which is why I don’t have any sort of problem with this system. We may love driving, but that’s just it. We love driving. We don’t love sitting in traffic, chewing on our nails and letting ourselves go nuts with the tedium. We don’t love worrying that we’re going to pass out from boredom and smack into someone else’s…

Like a roommate but usually more involved.

This is pretty much true of all his write-ups on the debates so far. This title gets more readers.