It is surely not be cooincidence that satirical documentary king Michael Moore has seen his popularity grow over the last decade or two wince his debut hit "Roger & Me"
As difficult it is to believe, that film is nearly a quarter century old. It is probably harder to believe that the job losses from GM's outsourcing highlighte in the movie, left the Flint area at a job level that would be widely praised today.
From my home base near Detroit, I have witnessed the new economy in all the bad it has with it. This is not to say, the new economy is all bad.
Yet when you look at the sheer amount of quality manufacturing jobs that have left our area, it is impossible to miss how all of the losses have crippled so many communities. Start with the people who lost the American dream of a good wage, benefits and a retirement for life and look at the univeral vibrational ills on large markets like retail and real estate. It has been sad to witness.
The losses are frightening and the future frighteningly uncertain.
Amidst this there actually have been companies that have continued to make real things on US soil and have remained prosperous in the face of predicted doom.
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