I am looking at both automotive and non automotive manufacturing jobs. I'm also wondering why they chose to leave Michigan. Was it union wages? Single Business tax?
As a fellow Michigander and an co-owner of a small business I can tell you it is not just "union wages" or "single business tax".
The costs to do business in Michigan are overwhelming. Michigan business owners pay a higher percentage for everything. Workers Comp insurance, unemployment insurance, liability insurance, telephone service, utilities, the list goes on and on.
My belief is that the jobs have left Michigan for a variety of reasons, but one of the main ones is that the UAW (United Auto Workers) contracts have forced their suppliers to cut costs to the point of suppliers (and their suppliers and their suppliers) that they have either gone bankrupt or moved to stay in business. Add to that that we have the most unionized state & local governments in the country and no one can afford to live here.
If Granholm gets re-elected, my business will have to relocate to survive. We just can't continue to pay fees/taxes so that others can get paid for the rest of their lives even if they don't work.
Michigan is in a tailspin and if the voters continue to re-elect the people who put us in it, the outcome won't change.
Last person out of Michigan, please turn off the lights….
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October 19th, 2006 at 3:21 am
1,12,348 jobs were lost in Michigan last 10 years. They were found sitting and shagging during their working hours so they were terminated
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October 19th, 2006 at 3:26 am
You should watch the movie called Roger and Me - 1989
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098213/
in this movie, Michael Moore illustrates almost everything about what you really want to know.
Also check out following links:
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http://www.michaelmoore.com/
http://www.dogeatdogfilms.com/rogerme.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_and_Me
October 19th, 2006 at 7:02 am
As a fellow Michigander and an co-owner of a small business I can tell you it is not just "union wages" or "single business tax".
The costs to do business in Michigan are overwhelming. Michigan business owners pay a higher percentage for everything. Workers Comp insurance, unemployment insurance, liability insurance, telephone service, utilities, the list goes on and on.
My belief is that the jobs have left Michigan for a variety of reasons, but one of the main ones is that the UAW (United Auto Workers) contracts have forced their suppliers to cut costs to the point of suppliers (and their suppliers and their suppliers) that they have either gone bankrupt or moved to stay in business. Add to that that we have the most unionized state & local governments in the country and no one can afford to live here.
If Granholm gets re-elected, my business will have to relocate to survive. We just can't continue to pay fees/taxes so that others can get paid for the rest of their lives even if they don't work.
Michigan is in a tailspin and if the voters continue to re-elect the people who put us in it, the outcome won't change.
Last person out of Michigan, please turn off the lights….
References :
Michigan Business Owner