Detroit's Unemployment Rate Is Nearly 50%, This was planned people!!!

[xultar]

I have to say it.

The capitalist fucks wanted to ruin Detroit to bring down the unions.

Look. They did it.

The fuckers.

Detroit was a beautiful working man's city. Don't buy the hype! Don't miss the obvious fact that Detroit's ruin was orchestrated.

[tmyers09]

1. Oh yeah. Absolutely depressing place.

[endless october]

2. thanks, NAFTA.

it sure has worked as intended, hasn't it?

[LisaM]

3. yeah, and you might also look at Michigan as an indicator for the whole country

They've had a recession, if not depression, going for several years now. Much of the country didn't care, or just acted as if it was the fault of (your choice) mismanaged auto companies/greedy union workers. They ignore the trade advantages given to the Japanese companies, the fact that those companies aren't paying pensions, and that strong unions make for a strong workforce in general.

Pay attention. This could be your state soon.

[truedelphi]

11. + 1. n/t

[lapfog_1]

4. Can't be...

I just read here on DU that the car companies have been saved! Everything is fine!

Need I add: :sarcasm:

(but I did read it here just yesterday).

[xultar]

17. I seen it on the intertubes.

[virgogal]

5. People lke my family and I did it. We all drive Toyotas or Hondas.

[Leftist Agitator]

6. Do you have a link to that unemployment figure?

Thanks in advance!

:hi:

[xultar]

13. Huff Post front page.

[A HERETIC I AM]

32. Where?

I don't see any story that mentions what you suggest.

Can you link to what you are referring please?

I'd like to read the article.

[Brickbat]

7. And frankly, don't forget it was those very unions that gave many black families their first

legitimate chance at a middle-class lifestyle in the 40s-70s. (And that's not directed at you, Xultar.)

[truedelphi]

8. And it is not just the fault of the capitalist F___. It is the fault of many of us.

Solidarity was never a large component of our society.

Anyone who looked at the textile workers situation in the early eighties and said, "Well they're just poorly educated slobs - of course THEIR jobs are going to end up elsewhere."

Then the Corporatists in Detroit got rid of the Auto Workers, while the Computer Programmers and those with the Masters' Degrees, they all said, "Well why didn't these people go to college and get a real job and then they couldn't be put out of work. That is what I did, cuz I am so clever and smart."

Less than five years later, and the American programmers are replaced by the Corporate Office with programmers in Pakistan and India.

But by then it was too late.

Again, solidarity was never a large component of our society.

[Brickbat]

9. Damn straight and painfully correct.

[xultar]

15. True. We did play a huge role.

[Popular Front]

18. +1 n/t

[NNN0LHI]

21. And then when it does become their turn to get screwed it never fails

Everyone of them starts squealing where are all my union friends now? After bragging how nice their imported car is a year earlier. I just shake my head.

We can all drive our imported cars to the protests over lack of jobs.

Don

[FiveGoodMen]

10. I think so, too

The rich want slaves. And if they can't have that based on race, they'll find other ways to do it.

They've been painting the US population into a corner so that we can't escape or fight back.

Then we have to give in to whatever demands they make.

And they've got their slaves back.

It looks more and more like revolution is the only (slim) chance to restore the land of the free.

[BeHereNow]

12. But, but, there are 56,000 new contractor job openings in Afghanistan...

thanks to Obama, those Detroit workers CAN find employment again!

Good old four star Wes Clark had that company, what was it called, that
specialized in helping people move to other countries for work.
Maybe he can help relocate some people to Afghanistan?.

BHN

[leftstreet]

16. PLUS there'll be a TON of Medical Claims Denial Specialists jobs!

:bounce:

:cry:

[rudy23]

14. First they came for Detroit, and I said nothing.... nt

[we can do it]

19. Fuck the Dam Greed In This Country...How Much Is Enough For The Bastards?

its disgusting- they want to take everything and leave nothing to the average person.

[Vidar]

20. K&R.

[Laelth]

22. k&r for the truth, however depressing. n/t

:dem:

-Laelth

[Mithreal]

23. They are not done.

[Greyhound]

24. NOLA & Detroit, hmmmm...

Now what do/did those cities have in common?

[Chisox08]

30. I have a feeling that Chicago is next

Here one of the most secure jobs was with the city. Now they are laying people off by the thousands, selling off city assets to private companies who raise cost and pay nonunion workers minimum wage as with the parking meters, they are also forcing the remaining employees to take furlough days and eliminating benefits for part-time employees. This is having a ripple affect throughout the city. More and more people are losing their jobs, and they are not coming back. It may not be as bad Detriot and NOLA but its bad.

[Nikki Stone1]

25. If it makes you feel any better, they are now ruining Calfornia, a progressive state

We'll look like Arizona in 10 years.

[MidwestRick]

26. It was the "capitalists"?

Really? Is this a secret club, or do you have the names of these evil doers?

[natrat]

29. yea they are global bankers that have no national allegiances, look at the bilderbergs if you are i

interested in it

[MidwestRick]

31. Should I wear

a tinfoil hat when reading this material?

[Doctor_J]

27. Probably a dry run for the rest of the USSA

Let's kill Detroit, and if no one fights back, turn the US into Somalia

[phasma ex machina]

28. A little something for all the romanticists out there.

The Fabulous Ruins of Detroit

See what is and imagine what was and what could be.