[QUOTE=nickbii;360630]This actually show you why the low-tax strategy the South uses means you get lots of low-wage jobs. If the City could re-vamp it's schools so that HS was five-year program resulting in an Associates, and make one of those programs training machinists, we could benefit from the shortage.
So when you leg is cut off and somebody offers you a another one you are going to refuse the help because the one helping may make a little profit in there somewhere,that is not a sign of being broke that is a sign of protectionism at the cost of a city work force and human lives involved.But since the City has no money to do that, and doesn't actually control education [[that belongs to an independent School Board, which is, believe it or not, in worse shape then the City proper)...
That's Detroit's true tragedy. So many opportunities, but they all cost money.
It is all conversation but I will re post this from another thread so this whole comparison of low wage Southern states and high wage Northern states no longer exists.
Here is a cost of living calculator.
The averaged starting pay for a assembly line worker according to this is $17.311 -$43.281. Updated 5 Jan 2013
http://www.payscale.com/research/US/...ry/Hourly_Rate
So what I did was split the starting wage at $25.000 per year because you guys are supposed to have the experience,then I compared that to doing business in Tuscaloosa or if I was a assembly line worker moving to Detroit.
Ready for this?
A salary of $25.000 in Tuscaloosa Alabama is worth $24948.46 in Detroit .Keep in mind these are comparisons including metro and not the city of Detroit in specific.
So the difference is $52.
http://www.bankrate.com/calculators/...0107183834%3as
So which place would you rather be a wage earner in?
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