Thursday, October 1, 2009

POOR Detroit!

So, i read an article about Detroit being so economically messed up that families nor the county can afford to bury their loved ones. The CNN article explains how unemployment is approaching 28% and the Wayne County Morgue budget to bury unclaimed bodies ran out in June. Since, i am a Detroiter, it's just sad to hear & read stuff like this. With unemployment being the way it is, people are committing serious crimes just to make ends meat. Not to long ago, my mom was mugged at the dollar store during the day. People are getting desperate; so if I'm not at least 5 deep; i do not leave the house after 10 unless i have to. The auto industry was hiring all these people without any higher education and paying them $20+ an hour to work on the assembly line. When people were laid off they did not have the education to get another high well paying job. So, all the jobs that college students and high school students should have, you have 30, 40, 50 year old people working. Due to the auto industry being the leading employment, the people with the higher education overwhelmed the rest of the high quality jobs making these jobs scarce. I absolutely love Detroit and proud of where i come from, but if i want a career i am going to have to relocate; maybe even for good. I'm just blessed that my parents make descent money and we aren't struggling, but for some of my family members life is hard and i hope/pray that Obama can improve employment in not just the state of Mich. but the entire country. America is suppose to be the best country in the world, so WE should be living like it!!!!!

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