this is an article from the sojourner's blog about the big three automakers and effect of the faltering industry has on my hometown and home region:
http://www.sojo.net/blog/godspolitics/?p=4005much negativity is made of my hometown through the media and common parlance. however the city is composed of real people with real-life struggles. when i was growing up, almost all of my friends either had parents (particularly fathers) who either worked for one of the big three or were employed in industries that did business with the big three. when i was a teenager, my dad held a position for a private mental health provider who did business with ford motors.
today is a somewhat different story. some of these jobs are now gone, moved out of the country, with nothing to replace them. so unemployment and underemployment is higher than in most other regions in the united states. still, the automakers employ many people in the region. the demise of the automakers will surely make a dire situation worse for the people of detroit. i'm not sure if i believe that a bailout is the answer. but i truly hope to God that there will be a way for detroit to rebuild, rebound and rise again.
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