How Detroit Almost Killed My Business

See also: Schadenfreude, Michigan, and Mitt's Big Fumble Of all the depressing facts about the once great City of Detroit, this to me is the most upsetting: In 1950, there were about 296,000 manufacturing jobs in Detroit. Today, there are less than 27,000 (Hat tip Zero Hedge Blog). Government -- federal, state, and local -- made this happen. I know this from experience. Government corrupted the Detroit work force. That corruption drove away my company too. Until 1984, I was a business owner in the city, employing about 20. I moved my business 60 miles away. I didn't want to leave, but I was, in effect, forced to. Many think that crime spurred the exodus of business out of Detroit. Not in my case. To combat crime we would build a stronger "fort." We called it "fort building" because if my neighbor put heavy wire screen on his windows, the thieves would break into my shop. If I bricked up my windows in response, my...(Read Full Article)

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