A whole signicant portion of which, comes right back here to America. Benefiting absolutely no Americans.
Bring back manufacturing to America. Stop sending jobs to China.
Can I inject a little reality here. A good rule of thumb is that cost of manufacturing any item is ~10% of the retail sales price.
That covers transportation, wholesaler's cost & profit, distribution, retailer's costs and profit, etc.
Aside from manufacturing and initial transport to the US, which might total 20% of the cost of the item, the rest is spent in the US and stays right here. The people selling Kia autos in the US are living in the US, pay taxes here, and are paid here. Same for the mechanics, the guy who delivers parts, the construction workers who built the building, and so on down the line. Sure, I would rather see people buy cars made in the US, but when our government and the UAW drive them out of business, there are still a lot of American jobs associated with cars made overseas. It is the same for everything else.
Not exactly.
Kia’s are Korean.
You are completely ignoring that Korea owns them.
Sure if you own a Kia which is produced in America, you support American manufacturing.
Buying an American car, would benefit American production, and also keeps up American ownership of production.
Is your Kia made in America?
I agree that the cost of manufacturing is a small part of the total cost of an item, and that those jobs are increasingly automated and unattractive. (How many Americans would want to spend 8 hours a day putting together Lego sets, no matter how it’s done?) What is critical is that the CREATIVE side of product development remain in the US, and even that is in jeopardy as American universities continue to crank out foreign students with degrees in hi-tech fields, who then return to their home countries.