It has happened again, and again in a very big way. I am sure you have heard the news that General Motors has announced they are closing plants and letting some 30,000 people go. Some they will be able to relocate, some they won?t.
Ford announced they are laying off over 4,000 people as well. This is all devastating news that we should all be concerned about.
The manufacturing sector of our economy is the one sector that provides for our society a ?ladder? to allow us to move from lower class economies to middle and upper middle class economies. Without manufacturing, it becomes more and more difficult for families to pull themselves up and obtain the Great American Dream.
Most manufacturing jobs provide up to nine other jobs in the local economy. Think a View the rest of this article
Thursday, December 20, 2007
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