FBI swaps Chevy Suburbans for BMW X5's

[newdude]

8 minutes ago, Atlas said:

 

It's still a German car / German company.

 

Kash had a number of US brands to choose from, including those who build cars I stated above right here in the US, by US workers.

 

What exactly are you defending here?

 

 

 11,000+ US workers employed in the US by BMW/BMW North America.  

 

By your rate, should we also go cold turkey on all aircraft made by Airbus?  And take 7,000+ US employees out of a job, a large majority at the A220/A320 factory in Alabama, and then lose out on the $15 BILLION Airbus pump into over 2,000 US based suppliers in 40 states that supports 275,000 US jobs as well?  

 

To quote yourself:     " I'm America-first on these kinds of issues and it's sad that we're straying from our own US companies when purchasing things as simple as transportation."

 

BMW and Airbus seem very "America First" with how much money they pump into the US, and the jobs they've created and still have and keep adding to.  I don't see a reason to not support them as well as it supports...THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.  

Edited December 23, 2025 by newdude

[Black02Silverado]

6 hours ago, KARNUT said:

I guess you missed exports are up. You really need to relax a bit. So far your gripes are unfounded. TDS

I will admit, I had to pay the import fee on a product I purchased from a company in Canada. It wasn't cheap either, about a third of the cost of the product I purchased.

[KARNUT]

4 minutes ago, Black02Silverado said:

I will admit, I had to pay the import fee on a product I purchased from a company in Canada. It wasn't cheap either, about a third of the cost of the product I purchased.

This is true of course. With price parity the product could be made here. More U.S workers more volume prices drop. In the meantime the other side screams the prices are up ignoring eventually more Americans will have jobs. More American buyers prices drop by volume. And so on.

[Atlas]

27 minutes ago, newdude said:

 

 

 11,000+ US workers employed in the US by BMW/BMW North America.  

 

By your rate, should we also go cold turkey on all aircraft made by Airbus?  And take 7,000+ US employees out of a job, a large majority at the A220/A320 factory in Alabama, and then lose out on the $15 BILLION Airbus pump into over 2,000 US based suppliers in 40 states that supports 275,000 US jobs as well?  

 

To quote yourself:     " I'm America-first on these kinds of issues and it's sad that we're straying from our own US companies when purchasing things as simple as transportation."

 

BMW and Airbus seem very "America First" with how much money they pump into the US, and the jobs they've created and still have and keep adding to.  I don't see a reason to not support them as well as it supports...THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.  

 

For FBI vehicles I think we should buy American, US brands which do more business than BMW here and also build here.

 

But what about, but what about, but what about. Of course I wish government contracts would have gone to Boeing instead of Airbus. Same reason.

 

This is picking fly poop out of horse poop, though. I'm not surprised by the lot of pedo-sympathizers just rolling over on this. Sick!

[Black02Silverado]

13 minutes ago, KARNUT said:

This is true of course. With price parity the product could be made here. More U.S workers more volume prices drop. In the meantime the other side screams the prices are up ignoring eventually more Americans will have jobs. More American buyers prices drop by volume. And so on.

Unfortunately, this company seems to be the only one that has tried and true products for the Ecodiesel. They come highly recommended. It would be nice to have an American company come on board, but since the Ecodiesel is no longer in production, it doesn't make sense to ramp up a company to produce a product for something that isn't going to be around for a long time.  Sad, because it finally on the 3rd gen version turned out to be a great engine.

[customboss]

1 hour ago, newdude said:

Airbus

That’s an ignorant comment. Airbus is a EU consortium. 

[customboss]

1 hour ago, Black02Silverado said:

I will admit, I had to pay the import fee on a product I purchased from a company in Canada. It wasn't cheap either, about a third of the cost of the product I purchased.

Canadian Club worth it!

[Atlas]

1 hour ago, KARNUT said:

This is true of course. With price parity the product could be made here. More U.S workers more volume prices drop. In the meantime the other side screams the prices are up ignoring eventually more Americans will have jobs. More American buyers prices drop by volume. And so on.

 

Your assertion isn't supported by consumer price data or real world prices we're paying for things in America. It's just not. CPI continues to rise.

 

Americans had jobs, with under 4% unemployment, a pretty good number. Sadly, unemployment is going up, and fewer Americans have jobs this year.

[customboss]

1 minute ago, Atlas said:

 

Your assertion isn't supported by consumer price data or real world prices we're paying for things in America. It's just not. CPI continues to rise.

 

Americans had jobs, with under 4% unemployment, a pretty good number. Sadly, unemployment is going up, and fewer Americans have jobs this year.

Sad NASTY SAD and Stan and his ilk ask for more.