Posted on 08/21/2007 4:29:38 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued
The drumbeat of bad economic news out of Michigan keeps pounding.
The Great Lakes State has lost jobs for six consecutive years, Michigan’s longest run of workplace shrinkages since the Great Depression. Automakers are laying off tens of thousands. Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is closing up shop in Ann Arbor and Kalamazoo. The state ranks among the top three in the country for home foreclosures and mortgage delinquencies.
Analysts at Comerica Bank, which is moving its headquarters from Detroit to Dallas, say Michigan is stuck in a “one-state recession.”
(Excerpt) Read more at stateline.org ...
it has more to do with the labor unions blocking needed change.
I just want everyone to know, west Michigan sucks. Especially near the lake, like St. Joseph’s. Don’t go there. You will regret it. Please stay away. I don’t want to see any of you near there. I’m warning you ...
I believe most of the Fords have been rodents.
“This cannot be pluasibly blamed on George W. Bush, and even local Democrats realize this.”
Actually, I know plenty of MI Dems that continue to blame the state of the State on GWB. Of course it doesn’t take a lot of brains or logic to be a Dem....
What is your specialty?
As a fan of the Green Bay Packers, I disagree...
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