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The Real Reason Detroit Went Bankrupt: Conservative Michigan Misrule[W:259]

Hey kids, another dishonest rightwing meme.

Because conservative governors spent money on suburbs and retraining whites as the autoindustry faltered, the one large black city in Michigan didn't prosper. Kind of predictable. But keep pretending.
Detroit is a perfect example of why you don't leave a bunch of pissed off black people to run a city. Why wasn't the city enlightened enough to maintain more racial diversity?
 
Here's the newest in a four-part video collection of the slums of Detroit. This is really, really bad. Obviously a city that the rest of America would like to forget about. Damn place looks like a post-war 3rd world country! Excuse the awful music that accompanies this video! :mrgreen:

 
Where is Robocop when you need him?

I just hope Demolition Man doesn't come true; i love LA.
 
Here's the newest in a four-part video collection of the slums of Detroit. This is really, really bad. Obviously a city that the rest of America would like to forget about. Damn place looks like a post-war 3rd world country! Excuse the awful music that accompanies this video! :mrgreen:

Starting at 2:21 it's Obamanation.... love it.
 
At 2:31 it's Obamanation.... love it.

I know it. The definition of irony right there!! Lol!

I live in Massachusetts and even WE don't have "Obama is great" signs at our service stations! :lamo
 
How difficult can it be to understand that Detroit went bankrupt because it spent more money than it had. But, no problem, I'm told by some that deficit spending is actually a good thing. And we wonder why we are in deep doo doo.
 
How difficult can it be to understand that Detroit went bankrupt
because it spent more money than it had. But, no problem, I'm told by some that deficit spending is actually a good thing. And we wonder why we are in deep doo doo.

That and the election of some pretty disgusting people who ripped that city off during Bush's Presidency.

You know when the Libs were making a fuss about how horrible Bush was the city of Detroits leaders were neck deep in blatant corruption.

All they have now is the Casino's

Imagine a city so corrupted they had to legalize theft to get any revenues in.
 
Detroit is a perfect example of why you don't leave a bunch of pissed off black people to run a city. Why wasn't the city enlightened enough to maintain more racial diversity?

I invoke Poe's law on this puppy.
 
Reynolds Farley, Professor emeritus of sociology and population studies at the University of Michigan, debunks the rightwing noise machine meme that Detroit went bankrupt because of unions and liberal mayors, showing that Michigan's homerule structure basically isolated Detroit and strangled it with various policies intended to punish minorities and the poor.

It's refreshing to hear an educated voice make fools of the rightwing propagandists and their meme.

Detroit's Uneasy Relations With Michigan | KUOW News and Information

Thought I'd resurrect this to add to The Rest of the Story . . .

Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was sentenced Thursday to 28 years in prison for corruption, the apparent last step after a series of scandals destroyed his political career and helped steer a crisis-laden city even deeper into trouble.

Kilpatrick, who served as mayor from 2002 until fall 2008, fattened his bank account by tens of thousands of dollars, traveled the country in private planes and even strong-armed his campaign fundraiser for stacks of cash hidden in her bra, according to evidence at trial...

Agents who pored over bank accounts and credit cards said Kilpatrick spent $840,000 beyond his salary during his time as mayor. Defense attorneys tried to portray the money as generous gifts from political supporters who opened their wallets for birthdays or holidays.

The government said Kilpatrick also tapped a nonprofit fund, which was created to help distressed Detroit residents, to pay for yoga, camps for his kids, golf clubs and travel...

Kilpatrick is not the main culprit of the city's historic bankruptcy, which is the result of larger social and economic forces at work for decades. But his corrupt administration exacerbated the crisis," prosecutors said in a court filing last week.
 
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