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在美国密歇根州萨吉诺市,蒂姆·吉特永远不会忘记贝克·珀金斯机床厂倒闭的那一天。吉特有两个孩子需要抚养,却在一夜之间失去了工作。没有退休金,23年的工龄没有其他回报,只有1万零7百美元的解雇费。 被解雇的当然不止吉特一人。七十年代末和八十年代初,美国三大汽车制造商陷入困境,导致密歇根州成千上万的人失业。通用、克莱斯勒和福特三家汽车公司解雇了近20万人,与此同时,几百家依托这些汽车巨人的小工厂和小公司相继破产。到1983年冬天,密歇根州的失业率上升到17％,是美国失业率最高的一个州。这种局面使高福利、高税收和严重的官僚政治难以为继,密歇根州到了崩溃的边缘。
In Timisoara, Michigan, Tim Jitt never forget the day the Baker-Perkins Machine Works went bankrupt. Jitt had two children to be raised, but lost their job overnight. No pension, 23 years of service no other return, only 10,700 US dollars in termination costs. Of course, not only was Jitt fired. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the three major US automakers were in trouble, leaving tens of thousands of people in Michigan unemployed. Nearly 200,000 people were fired by GM, Chrysler and Ford, while hundreds of smaller factories and smaller companies relying on the auto giants went bankrupt. By the winter of 1983, Michigan’s jobless rate rose to 17%, the highest unemployment rate in the United States. This situation makes high welfare, high taxes and serious bureaucratic politics unsustainable, Michigan to the brink of collapse.