My dad sent me this, from 17 years ago.
When I push (hard) for a loan to the Big Three, I’m not favoring a blank check; I’ve no desire to repeat the Wall Street bailout. Hopefully the White House attaches strict requirements to any aid it gives.
And this is from Hallie.
New York Times: When the Cars Go Away.
The interesting thing is, deindustrialization effectively shielded cities like Detroit, Flint, and Saginaw from the investment excitement of the eighties and the prosperity of the nineties. I had a stable family life, a healthy material life, and a good education, which was why I could bear witness to all this and then write about it today. Because I do feel that people from my part of the country have been treated to a rare sneak peek of what the rest of the country (or even the First World?) may be experiencing soon:
FLINT, MICHIGAN
COMING SOON TO A CITY NEAR YOU