I have said it before, and I will keep saying it...
Nothing has damaged #Detroit and #Michigan more than the #automotive industry - from multiple fronts and multiple perspectives.
And although I believe that some public officials here are starting to (finally) recognize that, we must be far more aggressive in shifting away from this industry in Michigan.
The amount of state incentives that have currently been spent on #BEV#battery facilities is too much at this point.
Although the political value of #Detroit (middle-class jobs and a very important state to win for US presidential elections) coupled with its outsized dependence on #automotive manufacturing... absolutely shape the horrid #transportation policy across the US.
Detroit really does define the whole US in many ways that are not healthy.
And we are capable of so much more. I know we are. I can feel it in my bones. I can see it with my eyes.
I look at the current #UAW#union contract negotiations from that perspective.
Auto workers absolutely deserve a larger, better share of the US economy then they are getting today, no question... but it will be all but impossible to obtain that via an industry that is in terminal decline (and should decline).
UAW members need better, more diverse outlets for their skills and talents.
I know it is difficult, but #Michigan needs to really internalize that - and very, very soon.
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