Mindful Musings

And Toyota is a Japanese company! After 50 years of selling cars in the US, they have only ONE non-Japanese person on their 30-member Board of Directors--an American man who married an Asian woman a few months before he was approved to sit on their board.

I know very little about economics and have never followed politics very closely. But--is it possible that Toyota is using financial gains they have reaped over the years due to a weaker yen to "buy" the American consumer through their spending on advertising, pricing, and incentives and on politicians i.e. Governors, Senators, Congressmen and Mayors, by building plants in strategic cities and states? In so doing, they ensure their US car and truck sales, solidify their #1 spot globally, and perpetuate the perception that they are an American company. Could it be possible that the appointment of an American to the Toyota Board of Directors was done to perpetuate the perception that they are an American company?  And my final question is:  Does the Toyota stockholder really give a you-know-what about all of this?