The 5th Largest City in US is Effectively Bankrupt

Townhall ^ | 04/18/2013 | Mike Shedlock

[luvbach1]

Join the club, Philly, of major US cities bankrupted by Demonrat rule.

[hinckley buzzard]

Running out of other people's money.

[lurk]

Another case for an emergency manager to oversee. Step one, evict the mayor, the city council, and everyone working inside the city offices. Don’t allow them inside the city limits.

[mrsmel]

Nutter's too busy threatening to revoke Philly Mag's 1st Amendment rights for allowing anonymous whites to express the least little sense of fear and discomfort at being “White In Philly”. He's also busy trying to blackmail the author of the piece into “outing” the anonymous whites, why, is anyone’s guess-for retribution, is the only logical conclusion. In Nutter's world, everything’s fine as long as the host isn't murmuring its dissatisfaction at being being sucked dead by the parasites.

[Truth is a Weapon]

Quick, who owns the Liberty Bell?

City of Philadelphia? Or the US Government?

[kreitzer]

“The brothers and sisters are in charge!” -former Mayor John F. Street

[mrsmel]

Don’t celebrate just yet. The rich libs will be moving to red states under their own steam (look what they’ve already done to northern Virginia, for one), and the government is giving the parasites section 8 vouchers so it can inflict them on producers in the red areas. They don’t intend that anyone should escape the coming totalitarianism (except themselves).

[mrsmel]

Really, the only way to gain some years of breathing space is to move to an area so remote that public transportation and public welfare bureacracies aren’t likely to locate there for decades, if ever. A place so remote that it would hardly be feasible. You’d have to be willing to live a very simple life.

[Responsibility2nd]

The 5th Largest City in US is Effectively Bankrupt

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No wonder. What with Nutter, Gosnell and a million other libtards - they have been MORALLY bankrupt for years.

[Rocky]

What do all of these failed cities have in common?

I'm Blue

[Count of Monte Fisto]

The Takers outnumber the Makers in Philly. To many Philly residents don't have the wherewithal to create and maintain an advanced civilization or generate the wealth necessary to sustain a modern city. If every one had that ability then Port-au-Prince, Harare, and San Pedro Sula would all be a nice as Kyoto and Vienna.

The question is why do the Makers have to live with and take care of the Takers.

[Safetgiver]

About 12 years ago I helped audit the Philly school Districts’s self insured safety program. They had no written program, no documentation, NO NOTHING. The broad who was representing could not produce any evidence of any kind of a safety program for teachers, cafeteria or janitors or anybody. Her office had a HUGE flag of some communist country (I think Cuba, but it may have been Red China)and she begged us not to bust the SD, because the students’ needed the schools to be open. We recommended, by law, they go into a private insurance plan to protect the employees. They are still self insured with 68% of employees on Workmens Comp, if not more.

[1Old Pro]

What do all of these failed cities have in common? - Bloated public payrolls - Bloated welfare payments to ever increasing non-productive citizens - excessivley generous defined pension plans and medical plans Lots of union retirees living large in Florida, some in their 50's who will collect pension and medical another 40 YEARS!

[napscoordinator]

Yes but Pennsylvania has a Republican Governor who should be doing something. It is his state. Yo Governor...where are you? He needs to fire the Mayor (hard to do but do it)and find someone else at least.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: The problem lasted much longer than Nutter.

I really like his name... very appropriate for someone who leads the city with so many nut jobs :)

[Wurlitzer]

“Here’s a cure. Remove the vote from residents of any individual or municipality that declares bankruptcy. If you can’t keep your own affairs in order you shouldn’t get a vote on how to control the affairs of the nation.”

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While your idea would never get implemented that does not mean it is not a GREAT idea and would be a step in the right direction.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: If my name was Nutter, the first thing I’d do is change it.

What if your family name was Crapo ? :)

[reg45]

Why, it’s accurate!

[Sir Napsalot]

>>. I really like his name....

The nuttier Philadelphia voters like his anme even more.

[Buckeye McFrog]

My Fellow Pennsylvanians:

Unless you want to be bailing them out from now until the Second Coming, do NOT put Democrats back in charge of this State!!!!!!!