Detroit; her crubling past

[RC45]

And the "legacy" of Deroit and Kalifornia is what the rest of the country will be looking like within 5 years if we dont make a RADICAL change in government.

This is a visual representation of what happens when liberals runa city/state. Corrpution, infighting and finally self-destruction.

[pitfield]

Originally Posted by RC45 And the "legacy" of Deroit and Kalifornia is what the rest of the country will be looking like within 5 years if we dont make a RADICAL change in government. This is a visual representation of what happens when liberals runa city/state. Corrpution, infighting and finally self-destruction.

Are you sure? Looks like what happens when the conservatives rule here, not to quite such a frightening extent but there's an every man for himself thing going on.

[nthfinity]

Originally Posted by pitfield Are you sure? Looks like what happens when the conservatives rule here, not to quite such a frightening extent but there's an every man for himself thing going on.

Tax incentives, lower property values brought the businesses out of Detroit long ago. There isn't any incentive to rebuild on vacant lots... vandlism is rampant; as are unsafe crack-heads, gangs etc. In the city with the lowest graduation (from High School) in the entire country... crime is VERY bad. Why on earth would a business want to move back? By accepting some new tax incentive offered by the City council (usually a currupt deal {like between Kwame Kilpatric, and Mr. Karmanos } ... those are "granted" on individual terms. The In city taxes of what is left prevents any other new ventures to want to start up or set up in the City. So much has been attempted to be donated/ given to help Detroit over the years... so much of it refused. Why?

Don't even get me started on the "real" murder rate we have... much of it the Police have admited to not even reporting as it would be too much of an additional work load. WTF?

Not allowed to demolish homes? The city wont let the state, and the state wont let the city... those are drug havens.

There is a lot wrong with Detroit... but if there was a non-liberal education system, with graduates... a lot of the crime would dry up. If there were across the board tax cuts, businesses would move in. If one statist would move out of the way of another statist, something could get done (for better or worse). It's been 30 years since there was a conservative in the City council even.

On top of local liberal policies, federal liberal policies have destroyed many companies too who were unable to spend enough to meet federal restrictions, some new federal license etc.

[RC45]

Originally Posted by pitfield Are you sure? Looks like what happens when the conservatives rule here, not to quite such a frightening extent but there's an every man for himself thing going on.

Not to get into a political discussion, but 100% incorrect.

There is a reason conservative states and cities run surpluses and are not broke, while liberal states and cities are falling into bankruptcy by the day.