"Even with the immense growth of governmental levels in recent decades, the fact remains that five out of every six jobs in this country are still in the private sector. Simple arithmetic tells us this is the place to look for new jobs and for better jobs. This is where the people have been laid off and where they must first go back on the payroll. I don't need to say that twice here in Michigan, where automobile workers and all the other jobs that depend upon them have been especially hard hit. The good news, however, is that the United States automobile industry is turning around. And in the first 20 days of 1976, new car sales were up 37.2 percent over 1975. But even the most sincere proponents of Federal public works and public service job programs don't contend that the cure for unemployment in the American automobile industry is to build Federal factories to make Federal cars. I doubt that the United States Government could make a Model T for less than $50,000."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Gerald Ford, Remarks at the Midwest Republican Conference in Dearborn, Michigan., 31 January 1976
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Michigan
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Michigan
Michigan is a state in the Great Lakes and Midwestern regions of the United States. Its name comes from the Ojibwe word mishigami, meaning "large water" or "large lake". With a population of approximately 10 million, Michigan is the tenth most populous of the 50 United States, the 11th most extensive by area, and the largest by area east of the Mississippi River. The region was controlled by the French Colonial Empire until getting annexed by the British Empire in the Seven Years’ War, was trans
36 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Michigan →
Related Quotes
"It was 1989, my thoughts were short, my hair was long, Caught somewhere between a boy and man. She was seventeen and …"
"I'm looking forward to this race. I want to thank you all for giving me a chance to come out and ask for the vote. I'…"
"That sales pitch he's making to be your President? Put your faith in him -- and you'll win big? That's the same sales…"
"No national goal today in the domestic area is more important than this one. Yes, energy does mean much more than ope…"
"The country was in pretty bad shape. If you will recollect, as I have on occasion, we were at the depths of a recessi…"
"Betty and I started this train trip from Flint to Niles across the heartland of Michigan, where we have many, many fr…"
"One after another, countries such as Spain and Greece, states such as Wisconsin, Michigan, and Kansas, and American c…"
"I'm actually forced to write about Michigan, because as a native of the state it's the place I know best."
"The Steve Tennes case in Michigan is an interesting example of how anti-discrimination statutes may end up creating d…"
"[one Michigan hospital] failed to provide and maintain a sanitary environment resulting in the potential for the spre…"