The Deindustrialization of America is Real
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"Wikipedia":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deindustrialization of course has the best explanation, but nothing beats a testimonial.
I have worked in the automotive industry for the last 10 years of my life. I got a job at a factory at the age of 19 and today is my last. If you live in Saginaw, MI(which I pray to God you don't) there is only one 'good' job to get and it is associated with General Motors. I have made a lot of money working here and according to the rest of the world am grossly overpaid. Maybe they are right. Working in this environment is not easy, you are belittled to the point of indifference and working for the weekend becomes a way of life. I am not clinging to bygone days where the 'Big 3' dealt with their problems by throwing millions/billions of dollars at them. This is including their employees. A lot of people are fighting for this way of life, I can't say I blame them. Some blame NAFTA, some blame CEO's, corporate greed, some blame the Union. I say it is part of the cycle of life. Empires rise and they fall. Life is born and it dies. We can cling to the good ol' days or we can take the Robert Frost trail. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. A proverb: An old man built a house by the sea. His father and his father's father lived by the sea and it was always tranquil, always calm. He built a house right on the shore line. One night a storm began to brew and the waves began crashing against his home. The old man did not know what to do so he waded into the sea and began fighting the waves. He slapped the waves and pushed the water, but it didn't slow the destruction of his home. The point? You can fight the waves OR you can learn to surf............I for one will surf.
I have worked in the automotive industry for the last 10 years of my life. I got a job at a factory at the age of 19 and today is my last. If you live in Saginaw, MI(which I pray to God you don't) there is only one 'good' job to get and it is associated with General Motors. I have made a lot of money working here and according to the rest of the world am grossly overpaid. Maybe they are right. Working in this environment is not easy, you are belittled to the point of indifference and working for the weekend becomes a way of life. I am not clinging to bygone days where the 'Big 3' dealt with their problems by throwing millions/billions of dollars at them. This is including their employees. A lot of people are fighting for this way of life, I can't say I blame them. Some blame NAFTA, some blame CEO's, corporate greed, some blame the Union. I say it is part of the cycle of life. Empires rise and they fall. Life is born and it dies. We can cling to the good ol' days or we can take the Robert Frost trail. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. A proverb: An old man built a house by the sea. His father and his father's father lived by the sea and it was always tranquil, always calm. He built a house right on the shore line. One night a storm began to brew and the waves began crashing against his home. The old man did not know what to do so he waded into the sea and began fighting the waves. He slapped the waves and pushed the water, but it didn't slow the destruction of his home. The point? You can fight the waves OR you can learn to surf............I for one will surf.
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