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If it is such high quality now why did Detroit become the largest city ever to file for bankruptcy in 2013, even after the $17.4 billion bailout to GM and Chrys
by mSparks 10y ago
If it is such high quality now why did Detroit become the largest city ever to file for bankruptcy in 2013, even after the $17.4 billion bailout to GM and Chrysler in 2008?
How is that "vastly better"?
We're talking about production not the product. and that isnt complicated. Asian markets have an abundundant supply of highly skilled labour. western markets do not.
furthermore. that isnt a surpise. its policy.
- learc83 10y ago>Detroit become the largest city ever to file for bankruptcy in 2013, Detroit filing for bankruptcy has more to do with car manufacturing moving to southern, union free states and Mexico than it does with Japan.
- mSparks 10y agofunny how americans blame the labour unions for the destruction of their car manufacturing. when the country and companies that forced that destruction have https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_unions_in_Japan https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_unions_in_Japan
- learc83 10y agoIt's quite simple. Detroit was built on manufacturing jobs. Those jobs went to southern states and Mexico. They didn't go to Japan. The reason they went south is that labor was cheaper there because those states are unfriendly to unions. I'm not blaming anyone, I'm pretty pro union myself, but that's what happened. You can argue until you're blue in the face, but it's a fact that the manufacturing jobs left Detroit for southern states and Mexico, not Japan.
- WillPostForFood 10y agoDetroit is a city, not a car manufacturer it has its own set of problems. If GM/Ford/Chrysler filed bankruptcy, you'd have a point