something to me,
and maybe it's true.
They said, ''Look, Maxine...
''you can't make Palm Beach
out of the Bowery.
''You want to make Palm Beach,
you got to go there.''
HaIf of FIint was now receiving
some form of government weIfare.
MeanwhiIe, Roger Smith
gave himseIf a $2,000,000 raise.
GM Iobbyist Tom Kay tried to expIain.
l don't understand your connection,
that by saying...
because General Motors was born here,
it owes more to this community.
-l don't agree with that.
-Why not?
Because l just don't agree with it.
l believe it's a corporation.
lt's in business to make a profit.
lt does what it has to do to make a profit.
That's the nature of corporations
or companies.
lt's why people take their own money
and invest it in a business...
so they can make money.
lt isn't to honor their hometown.
What's going on here?
They're evicting somebody from his home.
l was just wondering.
It turned out that the guy Deputy Fred
was evicting had gone to my high schooI.
His name was James Bond.
As if that hadn't
caused him enough grief...
he was now being thrown out of his home.
Where can l go to stay?
We had five kids
at the place where l was this morning.
And you went over there
and evicted them?
-Set them out on the ground.
-Why is that?
Because they didn't pay the rent.
You think l like this?
l got other things to do.
-You've been doing it a long time.
-lt's a job.
-What can l say? lt's a job.
-lt's a job.
Somebody's got to do it.
l feel sorry for the people that have kids.
What will they grow up to?
What do they looking forward to?
-lf l was a young man, l'd keep working.
-Look out there. lt's nothing.
-They got a bleak future.
-l know. l worked over there for 17 years.
-l quit. l worked there.
-Why did you quit?
Got tired of the system.
lt was like a prison to me, so l quit.
lt was like a prison?
That factory played tricks on your mind.
-Where are you going to stay?
-l'll probably stay at my brother's tonight.
The thing is,
l don't want to stay with somebody.
l want a chance
to have something of my own...
which doesn't look
like it's going to happen, ever.
Not in this town.
These are rough times.
Really rough times.
l got thrown out of my house once.
The health inspector came out...
and told me that l was dressing my rabbits
in an unsanitary condition.
So now l have to build me a building...
where there's washable walls,
washable floors...
and an unbreakable light.
l have to have a scale
that weighs properly...
and l have to have three sinks
where l dress the rabbits.
-What's going to happen to him?
-He's going to be eaten.
He's going to be our supper
on the supper table.
What's the matter?
What are you guys crying about?
How do you slaughter them?
Hung them upside-down
and stripped their fur off...
and gutted them.
Quit biting.
And chop their heads off.
Quit it.
What happened to your brother
who worked at the factory?
He got laid off.
Now you know what l'm talking about.
He's dripping.
My girlfriend out in Fenton, we tan them...
and we try to make coats,
gloves and animals out of the furs.
-What kind of coat does rabbit fur make?
-A rabbit coat.
-What else do you think it makes?
-ls it a nice coat? Warm?
l don't know. We ain't made one yet.
We got to get enough furs.
-How many do you need?
-A lot.
You need lots and lots of furs.
Right now, we've only got 135 furs...
with all the rabbits l've done so far...
before l got in trouble.
That's why l'm not actually
supposed to be doing this.
l was brought up to learn to survive.
lf you were out in the wilderness....
l'm getting ready to gut him.
You think it's hard
to survive in Flint these days?
Why?
The shops are all going down,
and people just ain't...
got the money like they used to anymore...
and you can't be buying things.
That's why l said
my rabbit meat usually went....
The peopIe of FIint
had been through the wringer.
Then came the Iowest bIow.