GM Lansing Grand River Assembly Plant by Tony Webster
The Michigan Advance shares that a $500 million grant to convert the General Motors Lansing Grand River Assembly plant to electric vehicle production is being considered for cancellation by President Trump. The grant is one of over $16 billion in already awarded federal grants that could be clawed back, apparently because Michigan voted for Democrats, which honestly sounds insane:
The document, circulated on Capitol Hill, was first reported by The Detroit News (link) and reportedly includes more than $800 million in Michigan projects. Other Michigan-based recipients on the list include Ford Motor Company and Dow Chemical Company. (and Stellantis)
The proposed cancellations come after Trump administration officials last week defended the decision to cancel federal projects in regions of the country that have voted for Democrats, insisting it was in an effort to reduce the size and scope of government during the ongoing shutdown of the federal government. Democrats, however, said the cancellations further eroded Congress’ constitutional authority over spending by unilaterally canceling funding that lawmakers approved on a bipartisan basis.
The lawmakers definitely have a point. How can we expect companies to invest in industries of the future if we as a nation can’t honor our commitments?
The photo is from the Wikipedia for the Lansing Grand River Assembly Plant which opened in 2001 and replaced the Lansing Car Assembly, Lansing Metal Center, and the Lansing Craft Center.
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Big thanks to all who didn’t pay attention before the last election and voted for Trump and his acts of revenge.
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The fact that so many are comfortable with him calling everyone who didn’t vote for him an enemy is legitimately crazy.
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You are watching too much MSNBC. Did the government help Henry Ford?
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Which one – German or American? The German government provided Ford with slave labor from Auschwitz during World War II. They got a $9 billion loan from the Department of Energy in 2023. Ford took a $6 billion loan at the beginning of the Great Recession.
In fact, from 1967 to now Ford has received $7,683,891,089 in state & local grants, $304,998,316 in Federal grants, and $33.4 BILLION in Federal loans, loan guarantees and bailout assistance. Go ahead, read it for yourself.
You are straight up wrong AND you missed the entire point. This money was already agreed upon by the US Government, and now President Trump is considering taking that money back FROM MICHIGAN. It’s OK if you hate Michigan & it’s OK if you have no idea what you’re talking about, but don’t come to Michigan in Pictures with ignorant Michigan hate because I will send you home with a doggie bag of facts to chew on.
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Who gave them this job? Who gave MAGA folks the tiresome and daily job of defending the indefensible? Defending the lies, the petty retributions, the cruelties, the absurdities? And why do they take on this job so readily, in the face of overwhelming reasons to just think straight and stick up for what is right? If I live to be 100 ….
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Yes. The govt did help Henry Ford, educate yourself. You have been watching too much Fox if you think any of this is kosher. This money was already appropriated in a bi-partisan manner, ie. voted on by Democrats and Republicans. It’s for the good of local industry. So to claw the money back is purely an act of childish retribution on Trump’s part, and hey .. Release the Epstein Files!
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That’s the part I really don’t understand: why on earth would you want Donald “Let Them Eat Ballroom” Trump to have money that could be supporting Michigan companies and Michigan JOBS.
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This administration is only interested in political vengeance no matter the cost to citizens who do not deserve it. It is unconscionable!
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