Nissan is 51% owned by Renault, or Ford owns 51% of Mazda, etc... DCX (Diamler Chrysler) maybe a German corporation, but it is fair to say millions of Americans own DCX stocks as I do myself, or I own Sony, Matsu****a or Deutsche Telecom stocks, or maybe your mutual funds own these stocks. In DCX's case, it is no doubt the Germans control everything even though that was billed as merger of equals, but still red blooded Americans work and build Chrysler vehicles. Nissan maybe partially owned by Renault which actually save Nissan from near bankruptcy, but Nissans are made in Japan, USA, Mexico, China and Europe and elsewhere, Ownership is now meaningless in regards to the nationality of autos. There is really no room for patriotism in automobiles, or it is at the least a dangerous and confusing act.
When you boycott a foreign auto, you maybe hurting many Americans. 65% of the Chinese imports are made in American owned factories in China and imported by American parent companies owned by Americans like you. When you walk down the aisles of a Chinese supermarket, you see American products everywhere, made in local American factories thus never counted as exports. The remaining 35% of Chinese imports is maybe 30% are Wal-Mart imports, which was $12 billions a year and growing, Wal-mart is AR company and $25 DVD player customers are Americans.
In most imported products, the cheapest part is the foreign labor cost, 99% is outside the production countries. 25% of our products are made in China, the raw materials are usually imported from USA, Switzerland, Germany, Japan or Korea, the expenses and profits on the USA side is generally bulk of every dollar of sale. When you buy $1, 1 cent goes to all the Chinese workers, 4 cents for others, the other 95 cents are totally American. The profit I made I buy American made home, American Hummer and raise American kids.
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