Your numbers are off. For union built cars, the worst case scenario, labor averages 6-8% per vehicle. I do not know the Mexican labor averages but I will guess 3-4% per vehicle. For a $30,000 car built in USA by union labor it is about $2,400. For a wetback built car it is $1,200 labor. So Ford is doing this so pocket a few pennies (4 cents) on the dollar, kind of sleazy isn't it? They'd go thru all of that trouble for a few pennies on the dollar, those saving are not passed on to the Ford buyer.
I was just quoting the information provided about Mexico’s Labor Costs being 20% of U.S. Labor Costs.
Now, if it really isn’t that much in the total cost to build the Vehicle, why not make them here so the same People that build them can buy them?
I know, that’s a protectionist argument. Of course, it’s much more than Labor Costs, it’s the stifling Regulations that impact Companies making such large Investments in the required Infrastructure and Tooling.
The Federal Government pushes Companies outside the Borders just as State Governments push Companies to other States.
I wonder when a true Free Enterprise System actually existed in this Country, 60 Years ago maybe more?