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Old 09-04-2012 | 06:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Climbto450
When you say American cars do you mean Toyota and Honda or do you mean the Mexican / Canadian manufacturers of Ford and GM? Thanks NAFTA!!
I said foreign cars. As you point out, that is not always clear these days. I hope pilots look for cars made in the USA at plants represented by the UAW. Few (if any) cars are wholly made in any one country: American parts are in almost all foreign cars, and many components of American cars are foreign. A good friend of mine argues his German built cars support the labor movement, and he is correct (although I still encourage him to buy American). Conversely, buying Korean cars is at the other side end of the spectrum.

The American made products I referred to are the rest of the things we buy: tools, clothes, household products, electronics, etc. This latter category is different, as there are times when these items are not produced in the USA.

Finally, there is question of the retailer one uses: Walmart or someplace where they are not anti-union and pay a decent wage?
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