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Originally Posted by diddiyo
Let's see if non-big3-dealers in ND will lay off more people because they're not getting any help from this. imo you have to think beyond the whole "foreign cars"-thing.
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Its not as if they have said that there will be an extra 5% sales tax on foreign cars. And keep in mind that the majority of cars sold are still made by the big 3. I don't recall where I hard this, but it works out that for every job that a foreign automaker generates in North America there are 2 jobs that it steals from the big 3. So while Tennessee and Alabama get a bit of help from 'transplants', it takes more jobs away from Michigan and Ohio. And yes, every large automaker has parts made over here and have their dealer and service networks, the fact remains that the domestic automakers have more. In the end, supporting domestic companies, not just automakers but all industries, helps the domestic economy more.