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I think even with a dying mobile industry, the worker should have at least save up some money. But no, that clearly doesn't fit the america dream.

What does that statement mean?

Good point. I hope this is a lesson to us all.

Saudi Arabia too

Over dependence on one sector is bound to lead to catastrophe sooner or later. Yes.

Why don't you offer your solution idea instead of sarcasm

@@davidmanx You send in the police, fix the crimes, businesses feel safe moving back, small businesses flourish, and with new corporations moving in, you have higher employment there. Fixing Detroit is as simple as letting the police do their jobs, something that the politicians refuse to do nowadays.

​@@varusername Simple? I think you really don't understand the problem. East Asia, especially China and now Vietnam, initially offered cheap labor, but now they offer cutting-edge mega infrastructure that benefits the logistics costs of manufacturers in general. Meanwhile, the USA has super precarious railway lines that led to a train of toxic petroleum products being derailed, leading to the evacuation of 2,000 people and the contamination of a river all the way to Canada.

@@guilhermea2346 youre right, the problem isnt simple, but the solution is. You’ve named a number of reasons that things went downhill in Detroit, but the biggest reason that they won’t go back uphill is the crime. Right now, you’re seeing a “revival” of Detroit, where businesses are moving into the downtown area as the crime rate there is going down. Also, businesses didn’t move out of the lower-crime downriver area despite your argument that it had something to do with petroleum pollution. On top of that, if it was the case that the issues in Detroit were largely a result of the movement of industry and manufacturing to China, that also wouldn’t explain why similar workers are doing just as well in metro detroit (especially on the western end of the metro area) as they were before Detroit got itself into its current state. Ultimately, I think the answer’s clear even if the problem isn’t: fix crime. This year has been the best testament to the police solution as they pump police into the area (especially downtown) and we see crime fall to early 1960s levels

In this fast changing world, if no new innovations or gadgets thrown in for the worth of the asking price, sooner or later it will be eclipsed again by others

Democrats killed you bra.

@@stevenking2980 No it was the crappy cars and excessive medical and retirement expenses.

@@stevenking2980 that's what they want you to think. Once you start thinking for yourself and doing research, you'll see that it was a crooked Auto industry and there ever-growing quest to save money which killed Detroit.

Now your number one in murder! Your still in first place, just not in a preferred category.

@@jdsmith556 Nah, that's more Los Angeles than Detroit.

I don't blame China or Mexico for this. Supply and profits allowed this to happen. Capitalism is about optimizing the corporate machine for profits and fine-tuning operations at the expense of the working class. When the government talks about tax cuts, it's not for you. You might sit there and think it's going to help you but it won't. A companys never going to invest more in its people just because. People accepting an inferior product thats cheaper to manufacture but costs the customer more is the real shame. Most people might buy a hammer for $10 made out of the country, why pay $50 for a locally made hammer? Sure it might break but you could buy 5 of them!

You get what you pay for. It has nothing to do with china. China also manufactures iPhones and other high end stuff that last decades. But they cost more than what american companies are willing to pay. So the fault lies with american companies who want to prioritize profits over quality. If they are willing to pay more then they would get good stuff from china.

Cars are expensive to pay UAW PENSIONS

+gomezesmorticia Plus, Chrystler, Ford and Gm make nothing but crapwagons. I would never buy a Chrystler, Ford or GM.

FrankReynolds, Paddys Pub, CEO no just cryhsler

The government is quick and good at pointing fingers on others Is that a solution

Please do not perpetuate the myth that there is no manufacturing left inside the city or in the surrounding environs. It is a falsehood. Most shrinkage took place in the eighties over thirty years ago. Most left in the seventies. There are still three assembly plants either completely or partially inside the city borders and six more within thirty miles of the city limits. There are two full service steel mills, three major engine plants, four oem stamping facilities two glass factories, a huge oil refinery, and dozens of parts plants either in or near the city. There is no denying that the industrial bade has shrunk since the eighties but Detroit still makes cars and car parts.

So much easier to build anything in a green field site. It's why Ford tore plants down instead of reworking old ones. To work within the confines of an old structure is crazy.

Aimee Webber There is risk in answering this question the wrong way. So I will preface. It is not about urban race. It is about urban culture combined with an essentially broken city education system. First. Culture. There have been a dozen or so generations of inter city Detroiters who have been raised in a culture of non mainstream employment. That’s a nice way of saying welfare of crime. Socioeconomic issues like drug abuse, female only head of households, violence and a lack of effective public transportation system combine with a second rate school system to create an environment in which employment is not valued. You bring up a valuable question. Maybe the most important question that Detroit urban leaders have to address. I am not black and do not propose that I am an expert on African American culture but it is clear to all but the blind that something is wrong. My wife taught in the Detroit Zoublic School system for

Aimee Webber Sorry. Sent by mistake. My wife taught in the DPS for 25+ years. She teaches at Wayne State now. Her opinion is that the number one long term priority has to be education. The schools have to teach practical skills, demand commitment from students and parents and equip graduates to succeed. I love that downtown and the city core is coming back but it will fail if residents do not equip themselves to join the resulting boom in jobs. Good question. No simple answer. Only hard work.

You mean FIAT CEO's. The Jeep Renegade typically is a FIAT with a Jeep coat.

Home Depot's CEO walked away with almost a quarter BILLION in severance and stock options, when the board voted him out. ....and we give these companies corporate charity in the form of tax dollars/tax breaks, because they're ..."too big to fail".🤪

Unfortunately most do not have the cash to pay off the entire vehicle, even most of the used ones except ones that are over either or both over 8 years old and/or have 100,000 miles on it selling under $5,000.

socalgirlism true! They blame workers went to commie China and raised prices of all the cars. NAFTA opened the floodgates to use cheap oversea and Mexican people as slaves. Republicans and Democrats both did this in 1996.

GM moved out of the US? Man! Thanks for telling me that. The 7 GM plants that I visit each month and the other 11 that interact with the US are a mirage!! GM did not leave the US. There are five assembly campuses, three engine plants, two transmission plants and four stamping facilities as well as 14000 development and 3500 administration employees in Michigan. I have been a GM employee for over thirty years. Where do you come up with this nonsense?

I disagree. Pension from post office, rail road, and other government agencies depends on how many you years you work.

because you earn your retirement PENSION and make your work place $$ / better and grow not ss in the usa which is a hand out line / beggar line

What???????

Let's hope that you're also speaking about yourself when you say this.

That's what FIAT did with Chrysler. The Jeep Renegade is a good example.

Marcus they didn't care when all our jobs went over seas. They didn't care when their high wages where used by the news media for the high cost of American labor which started this illegal aliens coming across the border then NAFTA and freetrade. I don't feel sorry for these people one bit.

Well when unions demand higher pay something’s got to give

It's "TOO" bad. You are making yourself look even sillier.

Looks like it

SVS It’s not just Detroit either , you could be right !!

It is more like an all worlds country!

12 years ago

There are forces always censoring certain comments

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Mr_ NutZ What jobs are those? UAW employees starting wage is around $21.00 an hour with benefits rolled in. And why the reference to apes? These are people trying to support families. How much time do you spend in assembly plants? I have spent almost everyday for the past 40 years helping build cars first in the union and then as an engineer. These are good people and whats left of a massive working middle class. Shame on you man.

The big 3 and mechanic racket

gm pays its ceos more than there worth

wrong stupid,the engineering is in Japan,you just support a bunch of stupid hillbillies ,real Americans don't sell out their country.

The ONE Common denominator in every democratic city

Wow , $100 an hour , I need to ask Chrysler for my back pay .