The CEO of General Motors announced today in a press conference that they will be closing the last of their factory in Flint, Michigan. Flint, Michigan has now been the home of General Motors for over 100 years and this marks a sad day in its history. Reason for the closure were not talked about during the press conference, but this is the last in a series of closures that has been taking place over the last 50 years. General Motors like many other companies in the United States has been forced to outsource to keep up with lowering prices and the rising cost of American labor.

This closure marks the last auto company to leave the United States. An industry pioneered and once dominated by American legends like Henry Ford, David Buick and Ransom Olds has died because of outsourcing. The American dear is slowly dying as more and more companies are forced to move over seas. The American worker cannot compete with labors from overseas who will work for pennies on the dollar. This outsourcing is lowing the American quality of life, and while many American fell that it is not there problem, and that its good because it brings the price of good down in the long run it will hurt all Americans. I am calling on the American Government to put an end to outsourcing. For America to remain a world power, it must continue to maintain its quality of life for all Americans. If the American Government allows this to continue American will lose all of the industries that once made it great. This is an issue that has been put off to the side for much to long and the government can no longer look past it. If our government does not act soon it will be too late, and there will be nothing left to do but look on and watch as we fall from the top of the world to the bottom.