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Originally Posted by sweetbmxrider
so the plants that toyota owns on american soil are now part of japan? really?
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You have zero grasp of this whole "multi national corporation" thing, should have red a book or something.
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Originally Posted by BonzoHansen
So you are saying congress has zero right to even ask, regardless of the situation? And if the CEO was here in the states does that change the answer?
And CEO and company are the same entity to a degree.
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My answer will not change no matter the location of the Chairman, he is a citizen of a different country. Congress has no authority to question him, unless he is being charged with a crime. If that's the case, I'm sure US Attorney's office will question his attorney. However, we all know this isn't the case, they probably just want to lead some other stupid witch hunt, and question him why he flew his private jet and polluted American airspace, instead of flying coach. Nothing good will come out of this "questioning", so there's no need for it.
You care to point out to what degree they are the same thing? The public views them as the same, yes. But you gotta remember that the public is pretty stupid, on average. Executives are rarely held liable for what their company does, unless there's some malicious intent on their part, or they are co-mingling funds, which to our knowledge isn't the case here. I seriously doubt, that the CEO of Toyota was the mastermind behind this fiasco.