committed to hiring back 500 workers<\/a> when the company\u00a0eventually opens two new divisions:\u00a0one for enhanced plate and one for beam.<\/p>\n\u201cThere is already a lot of food insecurity and shelters,” Kargi said. “Now an entire tax base will be taken out of existence. Who\u2019s going to pay for everything from health care to supporting children\u2019s hockey leagues?\u201d<\/p>\n
The musician said he\u2019s not suggesting any specific course of action to steer Algoma Steel or the community at large out of its economic woes.<\/p>\n
He said he\u2019s just venting through Down.<\/p>\n
\u201cNobody should take their political opinions or economic advice from musicians or artists,” he said. “I can only bring to light what is happening. I can only say what\u2019s on people’s minds. Somebody has to say something.”<\/p>\n
Lyrics to Down follow:<\/p>\n
There\u2019s nothing left<\/p>\n
In this old steel town<\/p>\n
No more iron<\/p>\n
Running from the river<\/p>\n
Down<\/p>\n
Down, down as the shift end sounds<\/p>\n
Down, down on the list you\u2019re found<\/p>\n
They said just give us<\/p>\n
Tax breaks now<\/p>\n
We have a plan<\/p>\n
And we\u2019ll turn this thing around<\/p>\n
Down, down, the economy drowns<\/p>\n
Down, down, with the elbow slogan<\/p>\n
No banks to save<\/p>\n
Your pennies with now<\/p>\n
A 1,000 home sale<\/p>\n
As they drive the price<\/p>\n
Down<\/p>\n
Down, down for your nickels and dimes<\/p>\n
Down, down as your credit declines<\/p>\n
Look how they plot and scheme<\/p>\n
To take it all<\/p>\n
No working man\u2019s golden parachute<\/p>\n
CEO\u2019s just crawl away<\/p>\n
400 million and its all gone<\/p>\n
There\u2019s no one left<\/p>\n
In this old steel town<\/p>\n
Everyone\u2019s drained<\/p>\n
Till they bleed right out<\/p>\n
Down, down, the economy drowned<\/p>\n
Down, down, with another working town<\/p>\n
To watch the full song, click HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Joseph Kargi has released a new track titled ‘Down,’ reflecting the despair felt across the community over the…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":463871,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2147,24779,211326,50],"class_list":{"0":"post-463870","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-canada","9":"tag-down","10":"tag-musiclayoffsalgoma-steeljoseph-kargi","11":"tag-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115761972792765144","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=463870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/463871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=463870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=463870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=463870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}