I agree with you 100%!
But yet you own a Kubota tractor
! People who live in glass houses, shouldn't throw rocks.:laughing:
Yes, I've had that comment thrown at me before also, but, I don't think there is a tractor under 45 - 50 HP that is made in this country at all. Kubota has invested in large facilities in this country for assembly and to build certain components. Even JD tractors (Yanmar)under 50 horse or so are from overseas, and that's not to mention Shibaura and others. I'm not saying I'm perfect, or it's a perfect world, but at least I AM conscious of my decisions, and how they affect Americans... now, and in the future. It IS in my thoughts, and I do the best I can. If there was a quality American tractor, I would have bought it! Yes, I own a Kubota, and I guess all the naysayers that like to push the chinese junk can always point to that fact as justification, and a salve for their own conscience, for selling the American worker down the river.. but I ain't one of 'em!
Further, I see Japanese products as far more friendly to Americans, both in a business sense and geo-political one, than those from China. And that is not even throwing the question of quality into the mix..
Perhaps more Americans should start using their purchasing dollars with more forethought for their OWN futures, that just looking for the cheapest price. It's already affecting our economy quite badly, and it's a slippery slope we tread on!
Kubota's presence in the US... Employing AMERICANS
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