In spite of the warning from Michigan's elite as well as head honchos at the Big Three Automakers, the rest of the country seems to be unaware of the drastic affect the crumbling of these institutions would have on our already fledgling economy. Many senators from other regions of the country are fighting hard against the bailing out of the automakers in a fashion that is reflective of someone who is unaware of the grave results that are destined in the shadows of this industry's collapse.
Is it possible that America thinks that the fall of the Big Three would only mean that she could finally put the city of Detroit out of her mind and the rest of the nation will just resume business as usual? The automotive industry created the biggest migration of people from one region to another in the history of the United States. When Ford decided to offer $5 a day for labor inside his assembly plant, blacks from as far as Alabama and Mississippi made their way to Detroit to take part in this American revolution. Any able bodied men willing to travel from south to north were heading here to Detroit to take part in what has become a cornerstone to the manufacturing industry which America has prospered for so long. Along with those men came families and generations of families to come. Now the very fabric of those families' generational income is slipping away and no one wants to help.
The auto industry is not innocent in this matter though. It has been known for quite sometime that the industry needed to refocus on products that would rely less on foreign oil and more on renewable resources that can be produced here and bring jobs for people to get back to work and out of the unemployment lines. The industry should be further along in development of these types of products. With that said, neither party is up to par, however, that is no reason for the government to give up on this worthy cause. S.O.S. Save our sedans! Catch ya' on the FLIPSIDE.
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Detroit is probably not the main focus because often a lot of people don't respect either the city or the citizens. It is also reflected in how those in the BIG 3 are still sending jobs overseas even during this painful economy. Why would you hurt those that have worked hard to keep your company running? Q, some of these so called "executive" decisions are still a mystery to me...Probably because they haven't had to get down on our level. When you're still receiving six figure bonuses when a company is failing, then you don't get it yet.
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