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Old 09-19-2007, 07:48 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by DGthe3 View Post
The real costs of making something (ie before people take their 'cut') are roughly
50% design
20% materials
15% labour
15% overhead (paying the electric bill and so on)

And so, a car that is designed by americans with the parts made by americans but assembled by canadians will return about 70% of the cost of the car into your economy.
Thank you, that's what I was looking for.

Personally, I don't have anything against Canada. If I were to live anywhere other than the USA, it'd be Canada in a heartbeat. I just wanted to make sure we weren't saying "Support the US economy" when half the money was going to a different country.
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