Buy American?

America needs you! Buy American, it's the patriotic thing to do! Is it? What's American? Let's look at cars. Are there any American cars? GM? Ford? Chrysler? The BIG THREE? American? No, these companies are not American, these companies are GLOBAL.

Take GM first, according to Wikipedia, a global company selling the following brands: Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, GM Daewoo, Holden, Hummer, Opel, Pontiac, Saab, Saturn, Vauxhall and Wuling.

How about Ford? According to Wikipedia, an American multi-national corporation selling: Ford, Lincoln, Mercury, also owns Volvo, has a small stake in Mazda and Aston Martin, and until just recently Jaguar and Land Rover were also subsidiaries.

Chrysler? Chrysler is listed in the Wikipedia as an American automobile manufacturer. Well, that is, if you don't include the years from 1998 through 2007 when it was owned by Mercedes Benz. It sells products under the following nameplates: Chrysler, Dodge, ENVI, Jeep, and soon to be Fiat, if the company survives. Subsidiaries are listed as: Chrysler Canada, Chrysler Australia, and GEM. The company has used drivetrain components from Mitsubishi, Sunbeam, Renault, VM Motori, Mercedes-Benz, Cummins, and Volkswagen.

Where do the BIG THREE manufacture the bulk of their products, America? The U.S.? North America? South America? I could list the factories and countries that they are located in, but you can look that up, it's here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_GM_factories
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ford_factories
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chrysler_factories

Are these automobile companies American? I think not. These companies are GLOBAL (or, multi-national). There's nothing wrong with being a global automotive company, but there is something wrong with deception.