let s deal with foreclosure. 90,000 foreclosures in the city of detroit. 90,000 forced evictions in the last three years. you look at 300,000 people leaving one city, you re seeing the tax base leave. it s not in financial strain because of mismanagement because people are incompetent, not the right analysis. we have to deal with foreclosure, insurance red lining. what the state should be doing is helping to the federal government, county government and state government to reinvest in these cities. michigan is a manufacturing state. really, a one industry state. so, as the automative industry, we saw manufacturing meltdown, saw plants go from michigan to mexico. that s trade policy. this is not incompetence in detroit. down to economic recovery in michigan. it s coming back but not fast enough. we lost over 300,000
you look at 300,000 people leaving one city, you re seeing the tax base leave. it s not in financial strain because of mismanagement because people are incompetent, not the right analysis. we have to deal with foreclosure, insurance red lining. what the state should be doing is helping to the federal government, county government and state government to reinvest in these cities. michigan is a manufacturing state. really, a one industry state. so, as the automative industry, we saw manufacturing meltdown, saw plants go from michigan to mexico. that s trade policy. this is not incompetence in detroit. down to economic recovery in michigan. it s coming back but not fast enough. we lost over 300,000 manufacturing jobs. if 50,000 or 100,000 come back, you ve still got a minus and you still have to deal with the 90,000 vacant lots and vacant homes in the city of detroit, insurance red lining and foreclosure. we ve been saying this all
because of mismanagement because people are incompetent, not the right analysis. we have to deal with foreclosure, insurance red lining. what the state should be doing is helping to the federal government, county government and state government to reinvest in these cities. michigan is a manufacturing state. really, a one industry state. so, as the automative industry, we saw manufacturing meltdown, saw plants go from michigan to mexico. that s trade policy. this is not incompetence in detroit. down to economic recovery in michigan. it s coming back but not fast enough. we lost over 300,000 manufacturing jobs. if 50,000 or 100,000 come back, you ve still got a minus and you still have to deal with the 90,000 vacant lots and vacant homes in the city of detroit, insurance red lining and