If Unions didnt exist then MI would have higher employment
the dire situation in MI is largely due to Unions asking for more in wages and benefits than they are willing to offer business and customers of those business in quality and work ethic.
No business wants to enter into MI because of the unions and taxes and low work ethic!
No one in MI wants to work a non-union job because they pay is beneath them and there are so many welfare supports that they can keep demanding to use up the welfare supports until........
Funny, so few really understand why MI is in major trouble its been in trouble for years even when employment was high across the nation.
Unions are greedy and only focus on greed. They are not focused on the business or the business customers, they are only focused on the workers and when you only focus on money and benefits, quality and worth ethic fails.
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Allan
of GA
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Nov 22, 2009 04:36:52 AM
Go back to school!
If you want to be taken seriously when commenting, learn how to spell and punctuate.
GrammarNazi
of MI
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Nov 10, 2009 12:44:27 PM
Depression
The current state of the economy in Michigan can only be compared to the 1930's and the "Great Depression." The stated unemployment rate has been under estimated for many months. Many areas of the State ( Metro Detroit ) have become a Katrina like waste land, with a "true" unemployment rate exceeding 30%.
The State is in such dire straits that our productive citizens have left the state, our prisons have been emptied, school systems have been decimated, law enforcement officers laid off, and our roads are impassable. I'd advise the citizens of this state to run from both the democratic and republican parties, they have destroyed this once productive and beautiful state. Let's look at some third party candidates such as the Conservative party, who will not behave like junior high school students at the State Capitol, and who will actually take their civic responsibilities seriously.
(Note: If you live in Michigan, you had better hope your "friends" in Congress also don't decide to strip us of our gun ownership rights. You may need one at this rate of decline, because your state and local governments can no longer afford to pay for law enforcement to protect you when some recently released prison thug breaks into your home)
Larry
of MI
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Nov 05, 2009 14:42:11 PM
entitlement
Yes, we are in a wonderful country where we do have to pay for things, it's called working for a living. Nobody said we where entitled to anything, including food and heat.
I am strongly against government involvement in corporate America. If a CEO makes a billion dollars a year, and wants to charge people that borrow money from his company 30 percent interest in a credit card, that's his choice. That's when customers need to look at that company, and switch to a different company that offers a more fair deal. But in a capitalist nation, there shouldn't be caps on wages, we as customers need to look and decide what the best deals are, then the company's would have to lower what they charge.
I sympathize with the person above me, I have been jobless for the past year, and thankfully my husbands job is still there. Praise the Lord for being the ultimate provider!
Considering the rest of the planet has lower literacy, and much deeper problems such as true horrid poverty, I'd say we are very civilized even though people are loosing their homes. I wish everyone could go on mission to somewhere like parts of the Philippines where children live in garbage dumps because they cannot get food anywhere else, then the USA would look rich, since it is, and truly blessed.
mary pikka
of MI
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Oct 28, 2009 11:38:28 AM
Republican control led the way
Jeff of WI,
I think if you were to check the details, you would find that the democratic governor and legislature inherited the problems from the then republican governor and legislature. MI has been in a recession since the governor's first year on the job and thus 7 years and counting
Dale
of MI
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Oct 26, 2009 15:21:58 PM
One good thing!
At least Michigan residents know that they can't blame it on Republican reform. Democrats have ran the state of MI for how many years now? When was the last time there was a Republican mayor in Detroit? Oh that's right. At least we can all fall back on one excuse.
It's Bush's fault!
Jeff
of WI
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Oct 22, 2009 05:58:24 AM
lovely
Doesn't look like we will be able to have a home anymore. I guess only the rich people can have homes, food and heat. I am disgusted... WE have been taken over by Government and Corporate America. Life, Liberty and the pursuit apparently only applies to those who have the money to pay for it. And we call this a civilized nation... right!
Denellea
of MI
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Oct 14, 2009 15:00:55 PM
WTF
Thank you to the brave caring Us News and World reporters. I need a cheaper chair and a half. I need battery op wind up generators. Please do not beat foreign gov and hurtful locals. I need a quality tape and cd boombox. I need more of the mature caring unweirdo cartoon videos. Like the 1st transformers cartoons. Common caring michigan millionaires and or resideents and caring USA.? Thank you for your time.Psalm99:9-outside pray. 1 corinth 14:26. romans 3:23 -lord God will work with us. All we have is our soul! Righteousness not self righteous! Common billionaires save me some business start up money. Im poor!
--------- What is this guy on?!
I had to move to Tejas to find work. Adios Michigan.
Myself
of TX
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Oct 13, 2009 22:32:05 PM
time for war
When will it be time for a war on our own territory? no more T.V., no more waiting for politicians or corporations or retraining or relocating or any form of false hope. When will that day come? I want to know if Americans have what it takes to stand up and take back their country from financial, pharmaceutical, etc. global companies and politicians who don't really care if America becomes like Brazil or Mexico. I can't imagine the mentality of the person who keeps listening to Fox News and Rush Limbaugh while America turns into a developing world nation with only a 5-10% middle class, 90% poor, etc.
Just remember what it took years ago with the Pinkertons and the first labor unions. It's not going to be any easier now. They will mow us down before they give up.
Tod
of PA
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Oct 08, 2009 15:41:13 PM
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Allan of GA @ Nov 22, 2009 04:36:52 AM
GrammarNazi of MI @ Nov 10, 2009 12:44:27 PM
Larry of MI @ Nov 05, 2009 14:42:11 PM
mary pikka of MI @ Oct 28, 2009 11:38:28 AM
Dale of MI @ Oct 26, 2009 15:21:58 PM
Jeff of WI @ Oct 22, 2009 05:58:24 AM
Denellea of MI @ Oct 14, 2009 15:00:55 PM
Myself of TX @ Oct 13, 2009 22:32:05 PM
Tod of PA @ Oct 08, 2009 15:41:13 PM
Michael Kruse of NJ @ Oct 07, 2009 18:10:43 PM
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