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To your 2nd point I was trying to say that this is something along with a lot of other things that they should have been doing all along. If Michigan wasn't being competitive over the last 20 years or so then they should have looked elsewhere. You let the old factories die out after they can not be retooled while bringing up new factories in locations that are more favorable to your existing business.
This is standard in manufacturing to remain competitive. I work in the Semiconductor and Hard disk drive manufacturing industry and see this all the time. After plants can no longer be reasonably retooled you look elsewhere to build your next plants, however the big 3 were not as opportunistic as others and get left behind because of this. I know, I know .... Unions(see UAW) are centralized in Detroit and held them back a great deal. Now the Unions get to reap their benefits and drag down others while they are at it...
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