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In reply to the discussion: So Detroit- what went wrong? [View all]gollygee
(22,336 posts)46. I am saying what the Republican AG who represents Snyder said to the paper
and the Republican AG does not have an motivation to make things harder for Snyder and is better educated about this than you.
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Kicking the can down the roadism. Pensions, TBTF bank loans, Wall Street fuckery.
Safetykitten
Jul 2013
#2
Quite simply, Detroit and much of what was industrialized Michigan, is a testament...
MrScorpio
Jul 2013
#5
Two full generations from now, the US as it is today and the wreckage of what it once was
Javaman
Jul 2013
#23
The Bethlehem Steel plant at Sparrows Point did not have to be closed. It was closed because
byeya
Jul 2013
#40
The state of Michigan (Governor Snyder) stripped Detroit of all its independent authority and
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jul 2013
#8
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
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
The state can request that the filing be withdrawn, but it is up to the Federal court to dismiss it.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
Years of nation-wide support by politicians for let's-send-manufacturing-jobs-to-foreign-countries
AnotherMcIntosh
Jul 2013
#51