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The National Business League (NBL) and the American Organization for Restoring Jobs (AORJ) met with enthusiastic response by the audience attending a jobs creation briefing today when they said “enough is enough, it is time to stop the stealing from school children’s education by the Japanese automobile companies in Mississippi which will only pay one third the ad valorem taxes due the schools.”

The AORJ representative reported that the Japanese manufacturers used this tactic as one ploy for the US taxpayers subsidizing not only the Japanese automakers directly but also their extensive auto suppliers network.

The NBL and AORJ claimed in effect the children subsidized the workers jobs. Both the NBL and the AORJ are concerned by the rise in crime in the inner cities caused by the lack of jobs.

Though the Japanese companies claim a certain employment figure and Washington political clout, they rely on the generous tax abatements for the Japanese companies. These processes helped Nissan rely on 74 percent of their worldwide profits coming from the US, Toyota 60 percent of their profits and Honda 70 percent of their profits from the US. In addition, the Japanese government keeps a weakened yen to subsidize the Japanese companies which helps hollow out the American auto industry which is now at a 25 year low. In effect, the Japanese companies and their supply network are helped by US tax abatements and Japanese yen to be profitable and take jobs from Americans and the American auto industry.

In addition Nissan asked the state of Mississippi to set aside 75 percent of the HUD federal funds for their exclusive use for two years which was again taking Americans taxpayer money and hollowing out our American automakers which is a national defense industry for America.

The organization cited a statement by private global wealth management consultant SYNDIKOS which cited a September 2007 Federal Reserve report stating “the productivity growth in foreign nations will make it increasingly difficult for the US to compete in the global arena.” SYNDIKOS strategist, Mr. Nicholas Hugo, believes the US economy may be losing in excess of 30,000 to 40,000 jobs per month. Hugo stated that the actual number of automotive industry jobs lost to foreign nations may be at a greater percentage than the overall economic job loses to foreign nations because the government’s present data measuring methodology is antiquated and inadequate.

Stating it is time to turn this whole issue around, the NBL and AORJ asked that Congressional hearings be held in Congress on this issue. The audience was asked to join them.

This entire presentation has been about jobs. Before Congress, at the moment, is a bill that will dramatically affect the automobile industry in America—more specifically the automobile workers in America…and this is the CAFÉ bill.

On one hand the Congress desires to address the environmental issues. And with the other hand Congress is increasing the taxes the worker pay. And any time you increase taxes, you will lose jobs.

This entire presentation has been about jobs. And Congress has not passed a single jobs creation bill this session, yet it is willing to eliminate jobs.

It is one thing for Congress to eliminate jobs by increasing taxes, but it is a new phenomenon in America when a corporation can, by its actions, its perfidy, eliminate jobs by increasing taxes. Here is the explanation:

According to the Washington Post, General Motors, Ford, Toyota and the UAW are against the CAFÉ jobs elimination bill – and Nissan is for it. And Nissan is, in the Washington Post article, proclaiming itself to be an “eco-friendly” company. This is hypocrisy – it is false and misleading. Did you know that Nissan is, in the State of Mississippi, not obliged to comply with any – ANY – state or federal environmental laws?

The State of Mississippi – the workers of Mississippi – indemnify Nissan. According to the agreement between Mississippi and Nissan, Nissan has NO obligation – NO need – to comply with any environmental law because if Nissan violates ANY environmental law – those who have jobs in Mississippi will pay for the violations. In other words, Nissan has NO requirement to be a good corporate citizen. Therefore, Nissan is NOT eco-friendly; it is instead transferring its corporate citizenship obligation to the wallets of the workers of Mississippi.

Where do you think Mississippi gets its money from? It gets its money from the workers of Mississippi. If Nissan violates the environmental laws, what we have here is Nissan taxing the workers of Mississippi and America.

If Congress truly wanted to create jobs, it would investigate Nissan and not pass any bill that increases taxes and eliminates jobs. Nissan has drawn the light of day on itself and deserves total and complete public scrutiny. Nissan has consistently misrepresented itself to the workers of America and we need to consider the boycotting of all Nissan automobiles. Corporations, like workers, need to be good citizens and accountable for all their actions.

And good citizenship by Congress is best demonstrated by creating jobs, jobs, jobs –and good citizenship by Congress can be demonstrated by not allowing corporations such as Nissan to tax the workers of America.

The Japanese car companies are foreign companies doing business in the U.S. and working with the Japanese government with weakened yen trades to make them more profitable. This economic war makes the remark “Remember Pearl Harbor” appropriate for the times. We need a hearing on these issues and the effect of out-sourcing and the resultant loss of jobs. We need hearings to help American workers and our automobile companies.

Yes, this is the crux of the problem with this spot - the corporate overtones. I think the commercial is very well produced and engaging but the slickness interferes with its authenticity. It would have been better if they had given Horowitz a handy-cam and set him loose for a week.  The way they’ve handled it the spot feels overproduced and the blog underwritten.
David Vinjamuri

I hate these commercials, because I don’t believe them. I don’t even think that the guy lives in his car. To me “the average viewer”, I think the whole this is just some huge corporate sponsed commercial that I could care less about. Some are kinda funny, but they played the hell out of the first one (I watch a lot of sports). After that first push, I decided that I would never buy a Sentra. It’s too bad, because I like Nissans and love my Maxima.

Beside, if I really wanted a car I could live it, I’d buy a Jeep.