[thucydides]

The other side of this picture is that when European or other overseas airlines buy from US makers, there is an enormous amount of subcontracted work going to foreign manufacturers. So it isn't purely a case of a US manufacturer vs. a foreign manufacturer. I recently saw an exhortation from Bill O'Reilly to buy Poland Spring mineral water instead of the French product. He is apparently unaware that the owner of Poland Spring water, bottled in Maine, has for some years been....Perrier of France.

[PoisedWoman]

So it isn't purely a case of a US manufacturer vs. a foreign manufacturer.

It sure is here in Seattle, where Boeing dumps workers by the thousands every month.

[Crusader21stCentury]

Actually it is Nestle Waters North America that bottles Poland Springs water.

[Cousin Eddie]

And of course, Evian, the French water, is Naive spelled backwards.

[John H K]

Yep. The reality (as much as people don't want to believe it) is the global economy is now so integrated "Buy American" is pretty much a waste of time.

I have better things to do than sit down and spend hours researching the entire parts stream and layers of ownership for eveything I buy and try to figure out what % of it is "American."