"In their annual forecast, economists from the University of Michigan predicted in an increasing unemployment rate, culminating in an average of 7.7 percent unemployment in 2008: “Economists expect the state to lose nearly 30,000 manufacturing jobs next year and 24,000 in 2008, with about 70 percent of the job losses coming in the auto industry.”

55,000 MORE jobs? It's way past time to act. What will it take to turn "We need to do something" into actually doing something?