I can hear the Black Caucus now: “You bailed out GM and Chrysler, but you won’t bail out Detroit?”
Wait they increased taxes in Detroit so they don’t need a bailout, right?
I'm reminded of that Chrysler commerical boasting about their ties to Detroit.
I've never understood that. Why - in the name of God - would you want to advertise your cars are built in Detroit?
I'd sooner buy a Ford built in Mexico or even a cheap import built in China parked in my driveway than any POS from Detroit.
That was part of the deal. They’d get Obama re-elected and he’d make sure they all got Federal bailouts in his second term.
Once he had rolled the Republicans on the sequester and got a big tax increase and open-to-spend. But that didn’t happen, so now they’re improvising.
Detroit city councilwoman wants ‘bacon’ from President Obama as quid pro quo for city’s overwhelming support on Election Day
Detroit councilwoman JoAnn Watson said Obama should help bail Detroit out of its financial crisis