Voted4Reagan
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Why did they refuse to build the cars that were being bought instead of refusing to retool and build something other than the hulking
Dude I lived it.
You should have heard what people were saying about them at the time
The BIG 3 are not bound to perform for anyone but their SHAREHOLDERS. That is who they are responsible to. Not the City.
The Big 3 are PRIVATE CORPORATIONS that are under NO OBLIGATION to stay in Detroit. They must make a profit for those Shareholders and if that means moving 200,000 jobs to other states where labor, utilities and resources are cheaper so be it.
The Big 3 sent hundreds of thousands of jobs out of state so they could remain profitable.
They owe NOTHING to the City of Detroit.. All Detroit did for them was make taxes and operating expenses prohibitive to doing business.
GM/FORD/CHRYSLER can do what they like... They are PRIVATE Corporations and Detroit Screwed them over.