Buy American is a dead slogan

[Pat001]

Even if you want to “buy American,” an “American” car isn’t what it used to be. A Lincoln MKZ is 26 percent U.S./Canada content and it is built in Mexico. The most popular passenger car in America is the Toyota Camry, which is assembled Georgetown, KY and Lafayette, IN and is 75 percent U.S./Canadian content. A Honda Accord is 70 percent U.S./Canadian content and the Accord is assembled in Marysville, OH. Here's a shot of the Accord's window sticker:



BTW, General Motors is planning to build Buicks in China and ship them to the U.S.

[Jimaz]

...A Honda Accord is 70 percent U.S./Canadian content and the Accord is assembled in Marysville, OH....

That's a reliable car too. A recent article ranked it number five in "Americaness." They said the only reason it didn't rank higher is that the profits go to Japan. Ford F150 ranked highest.

[oladub]

Even if you want to “buy American,” an “American” car isn’t what it used to be. A Lincoln MKZ is 26 percent U.S./Canada content and it is built in Mexico. The most popular passenger car in America is the Toyota Camry, which is assembled Georgetown, KY and Lafayette, IN and is 75 percent U.S./Canadian content. A Honda Accord is 70 percent U.S./Canadian content and the Accord is assembled in Marysville, OH. Here's a shot of the Accord's window sticker,
BTW, General Motors is planning to build Buicks in China and ship them to the U.S.

Agreed, US content has more to do with US jobs than make. However, how many Japanese assembly lines in the US are union and are helping pay down long term US auto industry pension legacies? One I'm not too concerned about is what percentage of minorities are employed by, for instance, a Japanese assembly plant in Kentucky vs. a Ford assembly plant in SE Michigan but I would think this would be an issue liberals should consider. Also, foreign assembly plants in the US have foreign headquarters where, if Asian, there might be a glass ceiling in management for women. That's what you support with your dollars when [[impersonal) you buy foreign content or from an Asian company. As Jamez pointed out, the profits go abroad too.

You correctly mentioned that foreign companies assembling cars in the US sometimes do use more US content than US name tag cars assembled in the US. That does somewhat offset foreign management and profits. As for Buick importing Chinese cars taxpayers after Obama helped bail out GM, its a slap in the face to US taxpayers. I'd suggest an import tax on any Chinese built car above and beyond the number of US made cars that are sold to China.