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So Detroit- what went wrong? [View all] Lee-Lee Jul 2013 OP
I'll take "corruption and nepotism" for 200, Alex (nt) Recursion Jul 2013 #1
I can go with that. Puzzledtraveller Jul 2013 #24
Kicking the can down the roadism. Pensions, TBTF bank loans, Wall Street fuckery. Safetykitten Jul 2013 #2
So, weren't one of those republican "city managers" running the city? Javaman Jul 2013 #3
They have lost 60% of their population since 1950 hack89 Jul 2013 #4
Quite simply, Detroit and much of what was industrialized Michigan, is a testament... MrScorpio Jul 2013 #5
This^^ Cal Carpenter Jul 2013 #11
Two full generations from now, the US as it is today and the wreckage of what it once was Javaman Jul 2013 #23
Carls Jr., Fuck You, I'm Eating! datasuspect Jul 2013 #25
spot on n/t handmade34 Jul 2013 #26
Great comment, and many in this thread. Detroit is AMERICA. chimpymustgo Jul 2013 #29
We are now are fascist/corporatist experimentation chamber MrScorpio Jul 2013 #31
We stopped being citizen when the started referring to us a consumers Javaman Jul 2013 #32
+ + byeya Jul 2013 #38
Shrinking Crepuscular Jul 2013 #6
Decades Of Decline... KharmaTrain Jul 2013 #7
Sure. Igel Jul 2013 #21
The Bethlehem Steel plant at Sparrows Point did not have to be closed. It was closed because byeya Jul 2013 #40
What Kharma Train says.... Demoiselle Jul 2013 #43
Agreed. Detroit is also a one-industry economy, kwassa Jul 2013 #49
The state of Michigan (Governor Snyder) stripped Detroit of all its independent authority and Liberal_Stalwart71 Jul 2013 #8
The ball was rolling long before Bay Boy Jul 2013 #27
Everything. nt geek tragedy Jul 2013 #9
Unionized Detroit abandoned by Big 3 for non-unionized locales in the South. reformist2 Jul 2013 #10
Governor Rick Snyder and Dennis Archer and Kwame Kilpatrick and years of mstinamotorcity2 Jul 2013 #12
I spent the first 35 of my 66 years tavernier Jul 2013 #13
I think a better question would be what can be manufactured there? whttevrr Jul 2013 #14
Outsoucrcing of good decent paying jobs. Chisox08 Jul 2013 #15
'reagan democrats' KG Jul 2013 #16
Best answer! Oilwellian Jul 2013 #45
Factories moving to suburbs, school quality, corruption, corruption, corruption JPZenger Jul 2013 #17
I think there are a lot of correct answers in this thread that need to be combined. last1standing Jul 2013 #18
Fantastic summary! DoBotherMe Jul 2013 #28
Excellent. moondust Jul 2013 #35
Destroying unions, outsourcing jobs, crushing wages. JaneyVee Jul 2013 #19
Boom and bust FarCenter Jul 2013 #20
Complacency, corruption, crime..... NCTraveler Jul 2013 #22
Detroit is an industrial town in a post-industrial US gollygee Jul 2013 #30
andthe courts and the law ignore them ceonupe Jul 2013 #33
The AG says Snyder has to follow both the US and the MI constitution gollygee Jul 2013 #34
Federal bankruptcy supercedes this order ceonupe Jul 2013 #37
Got a link? Motown_Johnny Jul 2013 #39
The state can request that the filing be withdrawn, but it is up to the Federal court to dismiss it. FarCenter Jul 2013 #42
and if the state can't pursue the case because it is declared unconstitutional Motown_Johnny Jul 2013 #50
The case could proceed with the creditors represented. FarCenter Jul 2013 #52
We shall see.. Motown_Johnny Jul 2013 #53
The US Constitution grants Congress the right implement bankruptcy law FarCenter Jul 2013 #54
But the MI State constitution does not give the Governor the ability Motown_Johnny Jul 2013 #55
The case has already been filed FarCenter Jul 2013 #56
I am saying what the Republican AG who represents Snyder said to the paper gollygee Jul 2013 #46
Would set an interesting precedent Crepuscular Jul 2013 #36
$2 trillion over what time period? PETRUS Jul 2013 #44
The auto industry built Detroit... DCBob Jul 2013 #41
Book recommendation MountainLaurel Jul 2013 #47
Thanks folks. I learned a lot n/t Lee-Lee Jul 2013 #48
Years of nation-wide support by politicians for let's-send-manufacturing-jobs-to-foreign-countries AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2013 #51
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