Trump Says The Best Way To Keep Auto Jobs In America Is Stay Out Of Michigan

Nationally, we need to make all 50 states right-to-work states. Unions do not protect workers because workers CANNOT walk away. If the UAW knew their membership could march with their feet, workers would actually be better served.

We also need to BAN all unions from ALL political action and using ANY union dues for ANYTHING political.

We should also ban all religious organizations, military funded corporations, farming corporations, auto dealership organizations, the NRA, etc. from ALL political action and from using government money or donations for ANYTHING political. Level the field.

@Terry989 I agree 10000%.

Mr. Trump still doesn't get it. If a Detroit autoworker gets $40/hour, and we shift that production to a southern state where a worker gets $28/hour, that still doesn't compare to a Mexican worker who gets $10/hour (and is making double what his neighbors make). Labor makes up a big part of auto manufacturing, unless, of course, you replace most of the labor with robots... which means next to no need for human labor, and even less jobs.

Auto manufacturing isn't an isolated case. Much of what we buy, from consumer electronics, to bicycles, consumer electronics, furniture, clothes and other products, is made abroad where labor is far cheaper. And we can't blame manufacturers. It's because consumers would rather pay $10 for a dress than $120, and they do! We consumers vote with our dollars, and our votes tell the manufacturers "drive the price down, and while you're at it, I want more value too!"

For the past several decades, America has experienced a gradual yet steady shift from an economy in which human muscle power was valued, to one in which a greater emphasis and economic value is placed on brain power. They guys and gals doing design work for Boeing, McDonnell Douglas, Apple Computer Inc., and others, are doing just fine. "Value" textile manufacturers, "value" furniture makers, and other, have decreased significantly in number.

Does anyone believe Mr. Trump's rah-rah can reverse a global trend, just because he thinks it would be nice? It's possible that Mr. Trump doesn't believe he can reverse the trend either, but *saying* that he can might buy him a pile of votes from those who feel their job, livelihood, or security are threatened.

Actually - the GLOBAL trend is for wages and benefits in areas that were once considered to be cheap - to move higher - an example is South Korea - where Manufacturers are now considering moving out of due to costs. Once Japan had that advantage - no longer. The one thing that has worked in the favor of these outsourcing situation is that energy prices (Delivery prices) have dropped - had they continued to increase - the advantage the outside factories had would have disappeared. And more manufacturers have opened factories in the USA - it is just that they are not US companies so the "profit" and taxes go elsewhere. But yes - there are people in the USA who are not smart enough to understand that Trump grandstanding will not return the plants to the USA. And since he is clearly NOT a government spokesman - there are some who believe a person from the outside might make a difference in that area.

Not really new, no automaker other than one of the Big3 have or will build a plant in Michigan. The Big3 likely only expand in Michigan when big incentives are in play.

Michigan is the home of Union bosses multi million dollar estates and multi billion dollar union owned and used country clubs.
Trump is spot on about Michigan.