Are factory jobs important to you?  Michigan manufacturing?  The Big Three?  The survival of the domestic auto industry and the American middle class?  Think these are topics it'd be important to have discussed by candidates running to become the next leader of the free world?

Take a look at the top headlines about the difference in profit margins between foreign and domestic car companies in today's Detroit News:

According to a study released Tuesday, the difference widened to $3,814 per vehicle in 2006, a 32 percent rise over 2005 levels.

That gap helps explain the huge discrepancy between the financial performance of Japan's top three carmakers, which earned more than $10 billion in the United States last year, and U.S. automakers, which lost money in their home market.

And what was it we heard time and time again from big labor and their puppets in the Democrat party?  It's the PRESIDENT'S fault!  There are so many factors that go into it and they all lead back to POTUS.  Remember, "NAFTA and CAFTA gave us the SHAFTA!"

Why, once the labor unions get wind of that new study they'll start passing blame (like clockwork).

The UAW had no comment on Tuesday's report, but it previously has criticized Japan's currency policy as being tantamount to trade subsidies.

Last week, when Toyota reported a record $4.1 billion net profit for the April-June quarter, (the UAW) said favorable currency rates accounted for more than half of the 32 percent operating profit gain.

Nevermind the fact that domestic auto makers shell out anywhere from $1,200-$1,500 more in employee compensation per vehicle.  There's still a big gap there.

This is an issue that candidates running for President should be concerned with.  It's an issue they should address.  But they won't, unless they're here in Michigan, paying attention to Michigan issues and listening to Michigan workers.

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