60s the crown jewel of american manufacturing. and there was one event, there s one cancer that started that spread. and it materialized and it ended up killing detroit yesterday. it was the 350,000 gm workers that walked off the job. they walked off for 67 days. they got their wages increased by 30%, but they realized their might, their muscle. so the uaw basically started it right there. it s been a 40-year decline, ended up with a bankruptcy yesterday. the population of detroit s crashing and burning. but we can do something, we can fix it. we can make detroit a symbol of how not to run a government, how not to run a city. union lover ricky bobby, what do you say? first of all, you are sitting in a city here we bailed out. you remember jerry ford got beat in the presidency because he said new york drop dead, well, the government came in and bailed them out. we absolutely should bailout detroit. first of all, they had every right in the world to go on strike. that s the whole id
bob, that s me. the city of detroit was once a symbol of america s industrial might, building cars that put the world on wheels and creating millions of jobs as a result. but yesterday it became the largest city ever to file for bankruptcy despite a pledge by the president that he would never let it happen. i refuse to walk away from those workers. i bet on those workers. i refuse to walk away from those jobs. i understood that americans can compete. i wasn t about to let detroit go bankrupt. well, that was before the election, but times may have changed because here s the vice president today. can we help detroit? the question is we don t know at this point. that d be the answer. it s one thing when i dance, but when greg does, it s bad. having a moment in private please. so, detroit, in the 50s and
bob, that s me. the city of detroit was once a symbol of america s industrial might, building cars that put the world on wheels and creating millions of jobs as a result. but yesterday it became the largest city ever to file for bankruptcy despite a pledge by the president that he would never let it happen. i refuse to walk away from those workers. i bet on those workers. i refuse to walk away from those jobs. i understood that americans can compete. i wasn t about to let detroit go bankrupt. well, that was before the election, but times may have changed because here s the vice president today. can we help detroit? the question is we don t know at this point. that d be the answer. it s one thing when i dance, but when greg does, it s bad. having a moment in private please. so, detroit, in the 50s and
60s the crown jewel of american manufacturing. and there was one event, there s one cancer that started that spread. and it materialized and it ended up killing detroit yesterday. it was the 350,000 gm workers that walked off the job. they walked off for 67 days. they got their wages increased by 30%, but they realized their might, their muscle. so the uaw basically started it right there. it s been a 40-year decline, ended up with a bankruptcy yesterday. the population of detroit s crashing and burning. but we can do something, we can fix it. we can make detroit a symbol of how not to run a government, how not to run a city. union lover ricky bobby, what do you say? first of all, you are sitting in a city here we bailed out. you remember jerry ford got beat in the presidency because he said new york drop dead, well, the government came in and bailed them out. we absolutely should bailout detroit. first of all, they had every right in the world to go on strike. that s the whole id