Xrayted, you completely missed one word in my post: UNION!

Our household tries to support the American auto worker as best we can by buying American AND union-made vehicles. When you buy a car built by an American company, made in America by American workers, you not only support the workers, but the retirees and your money stays mostly here in this country.

For the record, if the VIN number begins with a 1, 4, or 5, it identifies it as an American made vehicle; a 2 identifies a Canadian-made vehicle.

And, no, Ford did not take any money.