For decades the "buy American" crowd has been telling us not to buy a foreign car because all the profits "go overseas." So what?
First of all, it's not as if there's a lot of "profit" in a car.
Second of all, why is it better to give our money to a bloated and wasteful domestics?
Finally, and most importantly, who are these people to tell anyone to "buy American" when they send thousands of dollars overseas every year without even realizing it?
When it comes to buying cars, the "buy American" argument doesn't hold water. Hyundai, BMW, VW, Toyota, Honda, and Subaru all employ American workers and have American plants. When you compare what the average household sends overseas every YEAR to the profit from one car transaction, you see there's nothing to get excited about.
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