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Buying American
This is sort of spun off from the Leatherman/politics thread, and I'm wondering what some of you guys think about it. We all, I presume, prefer to buy American (the majority of us who are Americans, at least). An interesting trend recently is that of having foreign manufacturers (primarily car companies) opening factories in the US to be able to cash in on the 'buy American' impulse.
Which makes for an interesting question. If a Toyota, say, is made in Tennessee, is that buying American? Should the question be more that it is providing American jobs, or that the money is, ultimately, flowing to foreign corporations?
I guess the primary question is, is it still 'buying American' if it is, ultimately, a foreign corporation?
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