Reply #19: Michigan

[sailor65]

I'm an engineer in the automotive industry up here. We've been watching our livelihoods slide down the drain for some time now. Between the automotive executives looking for bigger margins at the expense of the local economy, and the union bosses looking for power at the expense of their membership, more and more equipment and processes are leaving our shores. Last October a brand new Drive Axle Assembly system I helped build in Detroit was suddenly packed up and shipped to China. Equipment is being torn out and shipped to Mexico. Worse yet, the balance of investment in new systems in leaning heavily toward foreign sites.