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Yes, yes, we can all agree that Detriot (intentionally misspelled) is a disaster. The writing was on the wall for perceptive people after the 1967 riots. And most of us understand the reasons for this horrific decline. We all know that the major reason is one that we cannot state, even here on FR.

Yes, Unions have been a major contributor to this calamity. You cannot have wages and compensation far above economic reality indefinitely. That's what leads to business failure. It creates a cost structure that CANNOT be sustained. But after talking to the average person, I can tell you what they will say. They will blame it on bad management and greed. It's the "one size fits all" argument of a liberal.

Or how about, the failure of Detriot is because we didn't have enough government programs and didn't throw enough money at the problems. I'd bet a years salary that is what the liberals would say about the problem.

No, I'm afraid that Detroit is a symptom of a much larger problem. We cannot begin to address that problem until we admit to it. I had a close fried who is winning his battle with alcohol. He told me that until he finally admitted the problem (to himself) he never got around to solving it. This is what we face here in Detroit. And Detroit is becoming a synonym for the rest of the country. California is next.