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Detroit, MI — A middle-class man who grew up on Detroit’s iconic 8 Mile has written a poignant letter to Vice President Kamala Harris, expressing his frustrations with the impact of current political policies on everyday Americans. The letter, now featured in a compelling video, draws sharp contrasts between Harris’ claim of being from the middle class and the reality middle-class families face today.

The man, who chooses to remain anonymous in the letter, recalls the pride of his working-class upbringing in Detroit, highlighting values like hard work and family. But as an adult, he shares how the current administration’s policies have devastated his ability to make ends meet. From skyrocketing gas and grocery prices to the collapse of traditional factory jobs, the letter speaks to a growing disillusionment among middle-class families.

Quote from the Letter: “I, too, grew up a middle-class kid, and unlike you, I am now a middle-class adult. My father worked overtime at the plant, and we took modest vacations. Today, those factories are gone, and I’m barely making it under your policies.”

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WDW- FL reported that one-third of Florida’s cities are in “perilous financial positions“. The reasons: the increasing burden of growing retirement and medical costs for government retirees coupled with shrinking revenues.

Luke Rosiak from the Washington Examiner did an analysis to determine which US cities have a larger proportion of government workers to population than Detroit. Rosiak used the Census Bureau’s 2011 Annual Survey of Public Employment and Payroll to rank every U.S. city with a population of 200,000 or more.

Rosiak notes, “Remarkably, the Census Bureau excluded from these figures all teachers and education professionals, which make up the largest group of local government employees.”

Rosiak reports, “Detroit declared bankruptcy due in no small part to $3 billion in unfunded public employee pensions owed a sprawling city workforce that kept growing even as the city’s population shriveled, but a Washington Examiner analysis found that 19 major American cities have even bigger ratios of such workers to residents.”

“What’s more, seven of the 19 cities with larger relative workforces than Detroit paid workers more than twice as much as the Motor City did its employees,” states Rosiak.

To view the map with all of the city data click here.

Below are those Florida cities listed by Rosiak (Note: some city government agencies and public school teachers/education professionals are not counted):

TAMPA

Residents per employee	79
Population:	335,709
Employees:	4,244
Annual payroll:	$540,168,672
Average compensation:	$127,278

ST PETERSBURG

Residents per employee	83
Population:	244,769
Employees:	2,943
Annual payroll:	$170,042,328
Average compensation:	$57,778

ORLANDO

Residents per employee	85
Population:	238,300
Employees:	2,799
Annual payroll:	$338,968,872
Average compensation:	$121,103

JACKSONVILLE

Residents per employee	87
Population:	821,784
Employees:	9,368
Annual payroll:	$1,037,019,744
Average compensation:	$110,698

MIAMI

Residents per employee	101
Population:	399,457
Employees:	3,923
Annual payroll:	$479,194,080
Average compensation:	$122,149

A whole bunch of really depressing facts about Detroit

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Five Florida cities that may be future Detroits

TAMPA

ST PETERSBURG

ORLANDO

JACKSONVILLE

MIAMI