I like Governor #Whitmer’s leadership in #Michigan in general and I completely understand where this is coming from… but we need to get super aggressive in significantly reducing our dependency on #automotive#manufacturing.
Like, right now.
It is not coming back anywhere close to where it was at its peak.
We need to make a list of every piece of core production machinery that was sent to #China (and, to other degrees, elsewhere) and design and build it right here again in #Michigan.
@TruthSandwich#EVs are fine, but the economic growth potential yielded by them is now structurally limited for the US and #Michigan.
There are too many advanced economies that have their own #automotive industries.
The pie slices are just too small.
That said, we do need to significantly reduce car dependency - and I think it is somewhat indisputable that the lack of comprehensive public transit options in the #Detroit area is part of the city’s population (and density) problem.
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An elderly church couple entering the venue were overheard, saying, “You see those flags? Those are the anarchists and they’re here to help us!” Community in #Portage, #Michigan mobilizes to defend church event from Proud Boys.
Biden’s decision to negotiate spending cuts in exchange for a debt ceiling bill pretty much ensures that we will go through this every year (or so) until the fall of America.
@KatM@samlitzinger Others have said it (perhaps you already have as well?), but I think the answer really lies in getting out the vote at the local election level, starting now.
We got alt-right crazies here in #Michigan that, having lost the Governor's Mansion and the Statehouse, are increasingly infesting school boards and city halls.
But, even outside of that, we need to find ways to elevate fresh faces to DC... a Congress that we know and can connect with.
Michigan continues to be the anti-Florida. New legislation signed in the law will prevent employers from discriminating against women who had an abortion
In my view, #Michigan and #Detroit have assets and vast pools of human creativity and talent, here, already studying and living in the state and city, that are being tragically underutilized.
This article presents some ideas, but they are far too crude and high-level to be actually useful.
Stuck for 30-40 minutes just outside of Battle Creek, #Michigan.
I could not make out what the actual issue is but the Battle Creek station is apparently not clear due to another delayed train and we must wait until it is cleared.