Auto Industry Recovery Key Issue for Michigan Voters
February 14, 2012
Assembly worker Julaynne Trusel works a on a 2012 Chevrolet Volt at the General Motors Hamtramck Assembly plant in Hamtramck, Michigan, July 27, 2011 (file photo).
The U.S. auto industry is rebounding from some of the worst sales years on record. Now, Ford, General Motors and Chrysler are reporting strong profits. The health of the auto industry - and prior government loans to several manufacturers - are key issues for voters in Michigan’s Republican primary in late February, as well as the general election in November.
On the floor of auto shows across the country, the prevailing theme is that U.S. auto companies, headquartered in Detroit, are back and as competitive as ever.
“It’s not back, it’s always been here,” said Democratic Congressman John Dingle, who represents Detroit.
Dingle says government action saved jobs.
“We have helped the auto industry over a rough patch," he said. "It is a great national treasure and a tremendous resource, and it was very, very important to the United States that we save that industry because it produces one in seven jobs in this economy. And it's a treasure that every nation in the world wants to have.”
That’s what Dingle wants to hear President Obama promote as he campaigns for re-election.
"It won’t help some of the people on the other side who say that Detroit should have been left to go bankrupt,” he said.
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