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DaimlerChrsyler: $10 million.

Ford: $1 million, not $10.

GM: $1 million, not $10.

Honda: $1.5 million to the Untied Way of New York

Nissan: $1 million to the American Red Cross and Twin Towers Fund.

Subaru: $1 million to American Red Cross, Salvation Army & others.

Toyota: $1 million to the American Red Cross

Source: Snoops.com

DogJ,

Not challenging the accuracy of your information, but would like to point that when you give money to the Red Cross, United Way, Salvation Army, and others, unless you specifically designate where that money is to, it may not get there. That was the problem I had right after 9-11. I would not give to any of the mainstream charities because I could not be sure where my contribution was actually going. I did give to law enforcement organizations that had set up special funds for 9-11 victims. If fact, I think I remember there being some kind of investigative report centering on the Red Cross and where some that 9-11 money went.

Of course those who contributed thought they were doing the right thing and that the money would go to the right place. So they’re not at fault.

I can agree with that analysis.
It is exactly why I give minimally to United Way. Although they claim you can "designate" organizations within UW, I prefer giving directly to the organizations I want to receive MY money.
Of course, you also have to remember that after 9-11 we were initially requested to give to these organizations to avoid fraudulent orgaizations. Valid organizations like the Firefighters 9-11 Memorial Fund didn't get set up and produce a mission statement for months.

Just wanted to show that many foreigners in fact did give substantially after 9-11.

How about buying a GM, Ford or Chrysler product simply to support your fellow Americans and ensure they are able to keep their homes and feed their families.

Why is it so hard to understand what will happen if we continue to lose industries to foreign countries. You can no longer buy an American made electronic item.

Perhaps those of you who believe the products by other countries are superior, should leave the USA and live in Japan or Korea.

We are Americans and should support our country and each other. The US is losing our super power status because Americans are becoming anti-American!

DogJ, it could also be due to the fact that Americans aren't willing to work for as cheap as workers in places like Korea, for example. $130k per year for UAW workers at GM, Ford, and Chrysler vs only $30k per year for workers at Toyota, Honda, Nissan, and those others or $10k per year for workers in Korea.

I have always held a firm belief that people should only be paid for how much they work and how difficult the work is. If its something a high-school drop-out fresh off the street can do, then you, as a college-educated adult, should not be allowed to demand more than what the high school drop-out would be paid to do the same work.

Unskilled workers like foreigners and teenagers should be given an equal chance just like adults are. It doesn't take a college education or even a high school diploma to know how to screw a nut into a bolt on a vehicle assembly line, so why hire people and pay them $130,000 per year to do the same work some high-school teenager fresh off the street can do for $8/hour?