A week ago, when the President was in Detroit visiting workers at GM and Chrysler plants that had survived the worst and begun to bounce back, we released a new report demonstrating the amazing comeback that the American auto industry has begun to forge from the brink of extinction. We also laid out an interactive map showing the locations across the country that were benefiting from the industry’s new turn towards the vehicles of the future, aided by the Recovery Act’s unprecedented investment in clean energy.
In Detroit, the workers roared as the President talked about how his stand helped save not only their companies, but an entire supply chain scattered across the country – about a million jobs all told. They jeered when he recalled critics who called it a “bad investment.”
Members of the audience listen as President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the Ford Company Assembly Plant in Chicago, Ill.
At the Ford Chicago Assembly Plant today, workers readily acknowledged how disastrous the destruction of that supply chain would have been for their company, even if it did stay above water while others went under. The President took a moment to reflect on what was almost lost – and why it was worth fighting for:
Fonte: White House