Is It Too Late To Save Detroit---Not If Liberals Democrats Are In Charge (Chicago, North Dakota)

[burdell]

Originally Posted by alphamale

Tax revenue from the auto business, tax revenue from the boom that was Mo-Town.

Where did it go?

Generous retirement packages for municipal employees, who took the money and ran. Multiple cases of political scandal and theft.

NICE job of conveniently ignoring management that signed the other line of union contracts, managers who SHOULD have known what they agreed to was unsustainable yet now comfortably sit on their decks sipping Gin & Tonics because they too took the money and ran. The same also applies to the auto companies but of course the self-Righteous whiners blame ONLY the unions while giving a pass to the poor planning of management.

[artisan4]

It's an excellent opportunity for the right to further crap on their fellow Americans: retirees, the poor, unions, blacks. Satan's Seal of Approval!

[alphamale]

As always, facts are like Kryptonite to lefties.

[chad3]

Originally Posted by alphamale

Business brings tax revenue. Lower the tax burden on business and an economy will thrive.

To lefties, that doesn't sound "fair".

How "fair" is being unemployed?

I actually just deleted my above post because I felt it was rude and stupid (but you responded to it before I deleted it.)

[summers73]

[burdell]

Originally Posted by alphamale

As always, facts are like Kryptonite to lefties.

As always, HALF the facts are gold to righties, the other HALF lead that would only drag down their half-assed argument.

[summers73]

Originally Posted by TempesT68

Hardly. Just take a look at the poorest, least educated, most people on welfare, and otherwise biggest dumps in the nation, they are all the screaming red south.

The GOP strongholds are the toilets of america.

I'll be sure to let the my registered Republican Ph.D. educated colleagues working on the state-of-the-art AI software know this when I get to the office located in my red state.

[Old Gringo]

Originally Posted by alphamale

Tax revenue from the auto business, tax revenue from the boom that was Mo-Town.

Where did it go?

Generous retirement packages for municipal employees, who took the money and ran. Multiple cases of political scandal and theft.

It's my belief that when you, as an employee demand big pensions and health care retirement plans, you MUST continue living in that city post retirement. IF you choose to leave the city, you lose 1/2 of your benefits.

Those very same people who demanded these benefits at the cost to the taxpayer move to a low tax state the second they retire.

When you place demands on the taxpayer for Cadillac benefits, then move away and take that money with you, the tax base shrinks.

Make no excuses.....liberal policies killed Detroit.

You've got all your explanation right there in your OP, looks like.

[Rakin]

Originally Posted by TempesT68

The GOP strongholds are the toilets of america.

Yeah... just like Texas, Georgia, Okla and others that have the booming economy and growth. Not like those Blue states of the north who is losing jobs and look like war zones.

Lets see would I rather be in Dallas, Atlanta, Charlotte or Detroit, Baltimore, Flint, maybe Oakland or Cleveland ????

Hummm............, tough call.

[florida.bob]

Their debt will be restructured and dealt with according to "good" conservative principles. You know, the time honored method of ignoring debt and obligations so that more can be built. After all, what did all those employees ever do for the City? I think it's more popular name is, "Donald Trump Financial Planning".