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Mitch Albom - Detroiters carry on amid the hardships
I may not be a native Michigander or a Detroiter by any stretch of the imagination, but this still touches me. Detroit may have bet everything on the auto industry and lost, but the day I found out Senate kept denying us our bailout package (and eventually gave it to them with such strict controls) that they so easily gave to the banking industry that caused the current economic mess our country is in. The government gave the banking industry a massive loan and said, here, have a party. And then I go to Fark and read about AIG executives taking lavish vacations and throwing extravagant parties. The auto industry may have made their mistakes, but the people of Detroit or the people of Michigan has done nothing wrong.
I may not be a native Michigander or a Detroiter by any stretch of the imagination, but this still touches me. Detroit may have bet everything on the auto industry and lost, but the day I found out Senate kept denying us our bailout package (and eventually gave it to them with such strict controls) that they so easily gave to the banking industry that caused the current economic mess our country is in. The government gave the banking industry a massive loan and said, here, have a party. And then I go to Fark and read about AIG executives taking lavish vacations and throwing extravagant parties. The auto industry may have made their mistakes, but the people of Detroit or the people of Michigan has done nothing wrong.