If nobody bought a foreign car that was "built" in America, those jobs would go to GM, Ford and Chrysler employees. The same people would have jobs - only they would be putting together cars that are made from (mostly) American parts and American steel. Japanese cars "produced" in America are assembled here from Japanese-made parts, using steel from Japan. The profits go home to Japan and support the Japanese government and economy - which heavily subsidizes the Japanese auto industry. An Accura is a Honda with the top of the H bent in. It has a Honda engine and all Japanese parts. A Lexus is a Toyota that costs 3 times as much because they put leather seats in it. I used to love my BMW. I'm probably not going to buy another one though - even though it is one of the finest production cars in the world. I'm not saying that these are badly-made cars. They are fine. But Americans need to support American industry - who in turn should be expected to be good citizens of the country. Any American brand who moves its corporate HQ overseas or outsources to cheap labor abroad is American in name only, and we shouldn't buy from them either.
