October 8, 2007

Choose your strike target

Welcome to the land of the strike, folks.

General Motors just recovered after a brief strike against the UAW. Chrysler is their next target, and odds are they could go on strike too. Last on the list is Ford, which has gone through the most turmoil of any of the Big Three the last couple years.

Now there's rumblings that one of the three casinos in Detroit could end up on strike as well, slashing the tax rolls of Detroit day-by-day. Remember that all three casinos were threatened with shutdown during that marathon to October 1 the state just had.

In Michigan's blase economy, it stands out as no surprise that these strikes are so imminent. But they couldn't have come at a worse time regardless.

The state needs stability fast... which is all that can be said.