Someone actually bothered to look into it instead of just making rhetorical question-type comments on the internet, and it turns out they do pay taxes to the US in rough proportion to their market share.
Foreign car brands offer cars that are made in America. Do the profits stay here? Do they support the U.S. economy? Here's the challenge of following the money.
www.edmunds.com
No matter how you play the numbers game, count the number of US auto makers in business before 1990 compared to today.
The American consumer should be
ashamed of what HE did to the US market, they are completely devoid of any national pride.
I wish my father, who fought as an infantryman 4 years thru the entire Pacific Theater was hear to tell you what he thinks.
Japan 1945
Today
Detroit Today
Who won that war ???
My fellow citizens, Japan and Germany are laughing at you.