A Green New Deal for Detroit (and Beyond) « Green Thoughts

A Green New Deal for Detroit (and Beyond) « Green Thoughts: "Now as the Big Three American automakers are teetering on the brink, is the time for the government to provide direction to an industry that has lacked a decisive winning strategy and forward-looking product plans over the past decade, if not decades. Currently, the Big Three and the UAW are looking for stopgap measures to keep substantial pension and healthcare obligations from upending their business as well as shore up their overall financial picture. If one of these companies were to close its doors, millions of jobs would be lost and the retiree benefits system for tens of thousands would be endangered. We will leave to one side here, the problems of a health care system that links benefits with employment status."