Are Toyota’s Woes Good For America?

S_bc-100305-toyota-crash My brother-in-law works for a company that makes machine parts for Detroit. The past few years have been brutal to his company. There was so little business, that my BIL only went to work three days a week and had to pick up a side job pumping out tax returns for H&R Block.

Then Toyotas started speeding up and not stopping until they met a tree.

Who the hell is buying Toyotas now? Nobody. Americans have started buying American cars again. Detroit factories are all powered up and pumping out their own wrecks all night. My BIL is working six days a week. 

Will Toyota's woes re-ignite Detroit? Oh sure, Toyotas were mostly made in America in factories down south, but let's just ignore that fact right now.