You wrote this: "By raising taxes, they will be driving out (as they have) the rest of the working and middle class to neighboring Southfield(surburban) and other areas."
But later you wrote about a riot in 1967 after which white people fled the city.
Was it high taxes that drove out the middle class, or was it a riot? (And why was there a riot? High taxes?)
I wonder if things are being attributed to an economic philosophy that have more to do with violence and warfare. People flee war zones even if they are popular.
It was(and is) a combination of the two, as well as schools, city services, and rampant corruption.