Buying American is it really worth it?

[Irving]

I am AMERICAN buddy! It's all about ME! So I would be benefiting me! Riding around in my AMERICAN made car, pissing off all the tree loving, earth saving, foreign car loven ......

I think you're mostly being sarcastic, but in case you aren't, I asked because I'm curious who is actually benefited by buying American. I'm also curious who people think they are helping.
For example, I doubt buying American improves roads, lowers gas prices, or increases education. I'm sure an argument could be made that it increases the value of the dollar in some way. Otherwise, giving money to a company, is not the same as giving money to a country. If people are mostly concerned with helping an American keep a job, that is fine, but the origin country of the company doesn't matter as long as an American employee is involved.

To be clear, it doesn't matter if profits go to a company in China or a company in the US, because you can't control where those people or companies spend that money anyway. What good does it to buy Ford, if all the Ford CEOs are spending their money on BMW's?

It's not a clear cut issue, which is my point.

[10mm-man]

I think you're mostly being sarcastic, but in case you aren't, I asked because I'm curious who is actually benefited by buying American. I'm also curious who people think they are helping.
For example, I doubt buying American improves roads, lowers gas prices, or increases education. I'm sure an argument could be made that it increases the value of the dollar in some way. Otherwise, giving money to a company, is not the same as giving money to a country. If people are mostly concerned with helping an American keep a job, that is fine, but the origin country of the company doesn't matter as long as an American employee is involved.

To be clear, it doesn't matter if profits go to a company in China or a company in the US, because you can't control where those people or companies spend that money anyway. What good does it to buy Ford, if all the Ford CEOs are spending their money on BMW's?

It's not a clear cut issue, which is my point.

No sarcasm.... I am going to bed, this is a bigger discussion issue than I want to get into.......... More $$$ spent on American soil, kept on American soil is good for AMERICA! Prove me wrong!

Edit: Some sarcasm.....

[Ronin13]

Prove me wrong!

Challenge accepted!
I present to the prosecution Exhibit G: purchasing a USED car does absolutely nothing for the original manufacturer, they already got their money from the initial purchase, so technically your money goes to whoever is selling it (be it private party, dealership, etc.). So by my buying, as you put it, faggy Euro car used, I actually didn't put any money into the coffers of the BMW GmbH.... But that was not by design, I don't like the look of '06-Present 3-Series nearly as much as the '03-'05 models, and I have never bought any car new, someday maybe.