Buy American...

I read Dave Smith's post below regarding 'buy American'.

I am with that.

But it is getting darn tough to figure out what is American now.

I see that Dodge trucks are now assembled in Mexico?

Is there a source some place that tells us what products are actually made in America?

Personally I would look a little harder for them and pay a bit more $ for them.

-Sal

Check out this web site for more info on buying American:

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I guess that means a Camaro, Monte Carlo, Intrepid, Impala or a Crown Victoria (or a lot of Silverado pickups) are "still American" even though they're built in Canada--along with most of MoPar's power trains. PT Cruisers are made in Mexico. And GM owns 48% of Isuzu, which builds a lot of its vehicles in Indiana.

So what does that make Mazdas, Volvos, Aston-Martins, Land Rovers, and Jaguars? Every one of these marques is owned by the blue oval on the front of your 8N, and that company is publicly-held by citizens from probably just about every nation on earth. (Don't believe it? www.ford.com)

Bottom line is that we're about at the point that there isn't a bottom line. Auto manufacturers, with a few exceptions, either are huge multinational corporations, or are owned by huge multinational corporations. And those corporations are owned by stockholders from everywhere on earth.

As a general rule, I'm not real big on unions, but the following link is fascinating, and provides tons of info on the origins of vehicles manufactured in North America.

• Vehicle origins

Mercedes bought Freightliner. Daimler-Benz bought Dodge. Our new Freightliners have the Dodge Pentagon stamped in the key. They are still cheap trucks. Komatsu or some such Japanese conglomerate owns most of John Deere('nuff said). When Volkswagen buys Peterbilt & Kenworth, we'll know we're in trouble.

later,dave

Just some useless info I've picked up over the years in dealing with financing and selling cars.

We stamp out our fenders, hoods, roof,and most every thing else. The sheet metal is sent in from some where else. We assemble the cars. But it's hard to say it's a American Made when you look on the crates the parts come in " marked made in Japan"---" Made in Mexico" "made in Canada" About all we Americans do is ( Assemble the Car ).

Ford owns part of Jaguar, Volvo, and others.
GM owns part of Toyota and others
I'm sure Dodge has there finger in the pie.

Thanks to the TRADE agreements, We don't have hardly anything that is Actually American Made.

My Guitar strings are marked clearly " Made in the USA" But that won't keep America alive.

But let me make myself clear. I wouldn't want to live anywhere else. Times are kinda hard now but IT WILL GET BETTER.

J52J/Jess