Dan Burton (R-IN): Why Is Toyota Taking So Long To Address Problems?

By Donald Griffith on February 21, 2010, 2:39 pm

Mr. Toyoda will be here soon to answer questions as to why it took so long to address the problems. Though he attended school here, his English is not good, par for the course for American education. A translator will be present.

Delay Is The Best Tactic

Toyota Motor Corporation was smart to drag its feet in correcting the problems with their cars. They are difficult to locate with computerized parts. It is also very expensive to correct any problems. Factories have to be shut down and recall repairs made, which Toyota is doing now. Toyota gained up to 2 years in sales by delaying the investigation of complaints as long as possible. Many complaints are probably bogus as well. People like to complain when they have buyers’ remorse.

Toyota and exports is why Japan is surviving, with a birth rate in negative figures. In other words, the population of Japan is decreasing. At least they do not want immigration like the United States. The last thing the country needed was this expense. Therefore, Japan Inc. which consists of the government, banks and big exporters delayed and delayed. The money earned in the last two years, though not as much as in good times, was better than most other non-Japanese car companies. Now there is sufficient money in the till to take care of the recall.

Japan may still be able to lay some of the blame on the drivers when addressing all of the problems. Technically, Toyota has not admitted to any errors. This can be learned when reading their advertisements and listening to the on air apologies.

 

Japan Holds Our Debt

Congress and America can be no tougher on the Japanese than the Chinese. They are the leading holders of American debt. Japan has just surpassed China again. We will treat the Japanese as we do the Chinese, with respect and kid gloves. We will humble ourselves before them. Japan knows this and the hearings will be a charade. We cannot afford to have Japan dump their US bonds. Japan will let us know this when the Chairman of Toyota comes to Washington, D.C. Japan is in the driver’s seat by holding our debt.

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