Detroit Job Market - Superbowl Ad Rings True

Right after the halftime show during the Superbowl Clint Eastwood, America's prized star, came onto the screens of millions of people. He spoke about the country and how, as many have hoped, it is half time - time to make the next jump on America's future happen. The country is battered and bruised, but, as he said, it is time. The good news is that for Detroit, which was the focal point of Eastwood's speech, there is action taking place.

What's astonishing is where Detroit has come from. The city was shaken to the core with the drop in sales of American made vehicles over the last few years. Many of the country's largest auto makers had to reach out to government funds to bail out their debt stricken industries and to find a way to get back on track. It was not easy and it cost the city of Detroit, one of the major auto maker regions in the country, dearly.

Things are changing in Detroit, though. In fact, the region has seen some 11,400 manufacturing jobs added to the payrolls in the last year alone. The progress is not something that President Obama can take credit for, since he did not provide the support for the bailouts, nor is it something that President Bush can claim, because he did not get these companies back on their feet. Rather, it is the sheer determination of this city that has driven it from the brink of near extinction to the growing city it is now.