We eat tariffs for breakfast.
Henry Ford sought independence from suppliers by establishing a vertically integrated factory, the Ford River Rouge Plant, where raw materials were processed and finished vehicles were produced, all within Ford's control, aiming for self-sufficiency, and have a devil-may-care attitude about government intervention.
A ghost can still haunt.
Yay for dudes who financially and physically supported the actual na-i party of germany in the 1930s. such great examples!
Wtf is this post? Yeah in 1919….not in 2025. Go back to 1955 Mcfly!
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Dawg what. De escalate yourself. Take a gummy. You might be causing others to take gummies
you're the one who ate the gummy and started going house to house blowing
@a6’s surprise is because he only associates the word “blowing” with wieners. And no, not your footlong A&W frankfurter. He likes it real, raw, organic, and a touch funky.
I also have a Ford Aerospace mug. I picked it out of the trash at the old Electronics Technical Center in the late 1980s when I got my first real engineering job.
Ford (Philco) made the consoles in NASA's Mission Control during the Apollo era.
They also made satellites, televisions, refrigerators, car radios, instrument clusters, engine control modules, motors, alternators, and all sorts of electronic gizmos until Ford copied GM and got rid of it all in 2000.
Ford helped with the Apollo missions. amazing huh? The white dudes in white shirts with pocket protectors and black frame glasses and buzz cuts. Now Ford is all in on H1B and LCC.
Maybe bring back Ford Tractor division. They made a good tractor in good old Romeo.
Okay I am going to shop for ford aerospace mug on ebay now
There was also Ford Aerospace. I still have the coffee mug. It was sold in 1990.
Ford used to have their own huge electronics division. But GM got rid of theirs so Ford had to copy.
And look how little electronic content there is in cars today.
Jack Nassar spun off or closed many Ford divisions. He was the anti Henry Ford. Ford closed Windsor and Cleveland casting plants and sold off all aluminum foundry’s. All heads and blocks come from suppliers in Mexico and Brazil now.
Big Bad Wolf joined the thread talking about blowing down houses.
Gotta blow down everyone house on the outside before tearing our own down. Otherwise, the outside will come in at the behest and payment of the rich.
We are partying like it's 1984.. totally Orwellian times we live in.
Is it too late to nuke everyone and party again like it’s 1945?
Being dependent on American suppliers would be bad enough but offshoring to our enemies who are practicing unrestricted warfare with the USA is much worse.