he story of the construction of the Poletown plant is illustrative of many tendencies in American political and economic history, such as the collaboration between big business and government, the failures of business unionism, and the shortcomings of liberals and the Communist Party.
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Recovery after COVID-19 depends on vaccines, he said, and he outlined the city’s plan for a second major vaccination site where the Johnson & Johnson treatment will be available.
In a long, wide-ranging State of the City Address that at times sounded like a campaign rally Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan painted a rosy picture, touting city initiatives that aim to ensure Black-owned businesses have opportunities in the city and that Detroiters are first up for jobs.
In the address that ran over an hour, Duggan who is up for re-election this year talked about the barriers Detroiters face and that bringing back jobs is only the start.
revenge against both the company and the person who sits in the white house. you know, it s also there was that carrier deal that happened in the transition. yep. which was a moment of peak political deafness for the president which has basically been all downhill since. the whole thing turned out to be largely a con. there were huge tax incentives, the jobs number was way lower, the jobs went away anyway. but as a spectacle it was pretty effective. it was piece of tv he is good at. but that has not been replicated in many ways. and today it s interesting. it s interesting to watch him as you say impotently flail against gm, having already forked over billions of dollars to them. after they gotten all this from him, how would they do this to him? are you crazy? this is what they ve been doing to everybody. this is what they ve been doing to the very people that you said there will not be another plant closing. and he says it right there. in warren, michigan. not one mor
factories in north america, laying off almost 15,000 workers. joining me now academy award-winning filmmaker and activist michael moore. pretty stark what s going on in warren, that pledge and the news today. well, obama, you know, he saved he saved general motors. we paid for it. and now general motors is doing what they ve always done. this is the thing about trump is that he he doesn t understand how he s been played by gm. gm s been doing this for a long time where give us tax breaks. give us tax abatement so we don t have to pay property taxes and we ll create all these jobs. that particular plant in detroit, it s call the poletown plant, they promised 6,000 jobs. there is about 1600 that work there. they never they never got the 6,000 jobs. they never followed through on the things they promised on. so if trump had any sense of