Starlifter
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The reason many of our cities, including Detroit are struggling or falling? Globalization...It didn't just destroy the middle class, and drive down wages of all jobs, not just the remaining manufacturing jobs. It weakened Democracy in general, and it welcomed in our current Fascism.
Almost never mentioned is the levels of debt we have incurred, in our Cities, States, and the Federal Government. Those jobs used to pay taxes here in America. But not any longer. They aren't supporting any American "Dream" these days, they aren't paying sales, gas, state, federal, property, or any other tax.
I don't think we can blame Detroit, or workers for the quality of the cars, or the eventual failure of sales due to quality foreign vehicles flooding the US market. I have always wondered if Japan was literally 'given' the small car market while Detroit continued to churn out the big gas guzzlers.
These were decisions made at the top levels of the companies, to outsource jobs, ignoring trends, ignoring quality, and allowing Japan to take the lead on all of that.
Those were but a few top-down problems, that has all but destroyed the industry and the city, not workers "asking for too much." I'm sick of that BS meme. Even with what unions did ask for, it was still but a scarce living for a family. But at least it was a somewhat pleasant living...compared to now, anyway.
Industry and national trade gave rise to cities. Without industry, industrial plants and trade within America (not primarily with foreign countries), the great cities are doomed.
To convince people to "blame the unions" for dang near everything was a masterful achievement for the profit mongers.
To just blame 'blacks' for the demise of the great cities of America being less than honest.
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