Weekly/biweekly Michigan legislative action thread
Why in Gods Name would they wanna do that?
It’s the only hope Detroit has.
Will of course be denounced as racist for “disenfranchising African-Americans”.
Haha . . . I can hear all those political hacks from the union-infiltrated and entitlement-driven DemoQuack party asking how it came to be that another of its cities is collapsing.
Anyone here know the party affiliation of both the mayor of Detroit and the Gov of the state in the last 20-25 years?
Apparently to root out the massive corruption permeating the place for decades.
General William Hull had the right idea.
Heads are exploding in Democratic and union circles around the country because the grownups are in charge and they will make common sense decisions about finances. Thank goodness the Obama Administration is facing budget cuts themselves because they can’t offer Detroit a bailout.
All those fat lazy gov’t employees will either get off their a—es and work hard or get fired.
Worthless union contracts will be cancelled and private firms will be allowed to bid on providing services.
Cushy government pensions will be scaled back dramatically.
Can’t wait to see it happen and hear the howling ...
Once again the Makers are forced to pay the way for the Takers. The only thing that will free the Makers will be spilled blood.
They need to demolish Detroit and return it to farmland. No amount of emergency CPR can save it. It is a conclave of criminal activity and condemned buildings.
So people in the rest of the state will be paying more because Detroit is a basket case.
And the people who drove Detroit into the ground? Will they lose their jobs? Probably not. They’ll keep their salaries for their failing performance.
A turnaround will be very difficult when the problem is corruption in the hearts of every resident, politician, city contractor and employee of the city. Vipers is what you find in a den of vipers.
Might be better to just bulldoze the entire region and let it return to forests and farmland.
Copper was abundant in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan and the little trading post of Detroit grew to include machinists who could turn that copper into engine parts to keep the boats running. As happens, that industry fed others -- rope makers found a home in Detroit, too -- and eventually the expertise of the marine engine industry spawned the automobile engine business.
But that was then. Nowadays, most of Detroit's population huddles there because there's nowhere else to go that pays welfare benefits like Michigan does. Sure, there are plenty of good, hard-working sorts, but Detroit has lost its economic reason for being.
What's left of the Big 3 is in the suburbs [and we must remember that the Detroit Metro is still huge at 5 million -- it's just the core city that's a basket case] and the shiny headquarters downtown may pay property taxes but the bulk of the workers go home to burbs at night.
Michigan can try to put Detroit's finances in order, but it can't bring its economy back to life. Eventually, people have to do that.
Bing’s a CLASS DUDE, at least in my book. He could shoot some hoop and seemed to be a good guy back then. But NO ONE can work to improve Detroit WITHIN THE SYSTEM, so it’s best to see the city government get crushed.
But don’t be surprised if Bing rises up and is amount the people that actually turn the city around.
Give it to Mitt!