Well here's your problem right here. I've lived in counties with less people than that.
Michigan legislative action thread
Anyone know if that loss includes the Tax Loss carry-forward that GM was allowed to keep ( allows the Reconstituted GM to avoid Federal Income taxes for several years) in contravention of normal bakruptcy regulations?
The winners and losers picked themselves.
When they crossed from having more retired public employees than they had active, current public employees contributing to the retirement plans, and the prior employees were grifting off the plan, this outcome was set in stone.