Posted on 09/29/2014 2:39:52 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
“The shutoffs would disproportionately hurt minorities and the poor, these and other critics argued.”
Seems like they would disproportionately hurt those that havent paid their bills.
Easy solution Judge Rhodes. Quadruple the rates for the suburbanites to pay for the poor Detroiters who cannot afford it. Redistribution (socialism). It works every time. Why should we have these problems when redistribution (socialism) fixes everything.
/sarc
Any competent people have either left Detroit or are putting their efforts in trying to leave Detroit or are trapped in Detroit without the means to do anything to improve their situation.
Detroit will likely become the Mosul of Michigan.
Obama will wave his magic scepter and require the Detroit DWS accept EBT food stamp cards and the bill will be paid by the US federal taxpayers.
Liberals cannot grasp the concept that if there are no consequences for failing to paying your bills then more people wont pay.
Amen. Stupidity, laziness, and poor decisions SHOULD result in painful lessons; but when there’s always some sort of BS safety net, no lesson is ever learned.
Accept no one, armed or otherwise will come to retake or capture it.
Detroit city council members are among the highest paid in the country.
Detroit = Consume according to your needs, Pay according to your ability to pay.
...or we Det.....roit.
I needed a good laugh this morning. Go into Detroit and start talking to the population about the "social contract" and the obligation to pay for social services. They will look at you like you are from Mars. There is no "social contract." 80+ years of the Welfare State have given way too many Americans -- black and white -- a mindset of gimme gimme gimme and make the "rich" pay for it. Its that simple. What can I get for free if I cry and scream loud enough to sympathetic politicians and reporters?
“About 11,000 commercial accounts were overdue when the shutoffs began. The top 40 delinquent commercial accounts alone totaled $9.5 million”
This is where the real money is. You do not want to turn off the water to the 85 year little old lady. That looks bad on the evening news. However, when a golf course has not paid $400K then it just shows that someone has not kept an eye on the bottom line. I would start by FIRING the person who is the head of the water department. IF the comptroller and credit manager of my company did not collect $9.5 million dollars , they would be gone.
“I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion of the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. In my youth I traveled much, and I observed in different countries, that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer.” - Benjamin Franklin, 1766
The RATS have learned that making people comfortable in their poverty is a good way to get votes.
You’re kidding, right? Detroit is awesome today. We plan to move there in a year or so..
In the end, the Gibsmedats will get their water paid for by the taxpayers, and they know that. They know how the system works. Just make enough noise or threat and the politicians will cave (if you are a privileged minority).
Yeah, I see there are some great real estate deals on fixer-uppers.
fixer-uppers
Who cares.....Tigers are in the playoffs and the Lions are in first place.
They ran out everyone that would have actually paid for it.
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