GM needs people with the ideas, with the right skill sets, but if you are a young person or a parent of a young person, are you willing to cast your lot with the auto industry right now? That's a real challenge.

The 8 percent doesn't come as too much of a surprise. With the auto industry lagging in general and the domestic part of the auto industry lagging in particular, Macomb takes kind of a double hit.

The 8 percent doesn't come as too much of a surprise, ... With the auto industry lagging in general and the domestic part of the auto industry lagging in particular, Macomb takes kind of a double hit.

The county's income is declining because manufacturing is declining, and manufacturing is declining ... as something we value as a nation. The Big Three are having less and less of an impact in Macomb County, and the auto industry in general has less and less of an impact on the nation's economy.