Thread: And Now, Bye Bye Toyota

Its a pity. I wonder if they would have stayed if they had got the agreement with the unions.

Very sad. However, we have the highest labour costs in the world. Unless we can offer benefits to offset these costs we are going to keep losing manufacturing to overseas.

every Australian who bought a car that was made overseas are the problem

Its OK the Australian century died at the end of the 20th century, we are becoming a third World economy, sacrificed on the alter of unfettered one way free trade.

In future we will only export things we dig out of the ground, a few things we grow that can be harvested by machine and of course we will export jobs. Even our once great universities are being eclipsed by universities in countries whose academics we and the west educated.

Glad I don't have kids because we are leaving them with a nation in economic decline.

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

Glad I don't have kids because we are leaving them with a nation in economic decline.

Sadly, I often have similar sentiments...

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

Its OK the Australian century died at the end of the 20th century, we are becoming a third World economy, sacrificed on the alter of unfettered one way free trade.

In future we will only export things we dig out of the ground, a few things we grow that can be harvested by machine and of course we will export jobs. Even our once great universities are being eclipsed by universities in countries whose academics we and the west educated.

Glad I don't have kids because we are leaving them with a nation in economic decline.

I agree with you but be aware the the so call 3rd world countries have manufacturing industry and become emerged economies.
I am not sure were Australia will be but will not surprise me that we will come another Spain if we are not careful.

Originally Posted by richard4u2

every Australian who bought a car that was made overseas are the problem

That's a bit rich on a Land Rover forum.

Foreign cars contributed to the local economy by paying their value over in Tax.

Local cars cost the tax payer their value in subsidies and tax breaks.

Just let people drive what they want to drive. So if you're a manufacturer, make what people want. I think there was a Simpsons episode about this.

The above has been said with a degree of humour, let's not make this political.

Are we like Rome? The empire was in decline but the citizens were so full of Rome's greatness and transfixed on the gladitorial games in the Coliseum they didn't see the Vandals and Hun on the horizon.

At times I feel that we are similarly transfixed on sport, NYE fireworks and our holidays that we don't see our own decline.