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It’s Official: Detroit Is Bankrupt

Posted on | December 3, 2013 | 35 Comments

Decades of control by labor unions and Democrats:

The struggling metropolis of Detroit, overwhelmed by debt and groping for a path forward, on Tuesday became the largest American city ever to qualify for bankruptcy protection.

That’s from the New York Times which has also been controlled for decades by labor unions and Democrats, so they can sympathize.

Category: Economics

Comments

35 Responses to “It’s Official: Detroit Is Bankrupt”

  1. MrEvilMatt
    December 3rd, 2013 @ 4:02 pm

    It’s Official: Detroit Is Bankrupt: Decades of control by labor unions and Democrats: The struggling metropoli… http://t.co/T5TkSSPlIR

  2. CHideout
    December 3rd, 2013 @ 4:02 pm

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  3. Resista38176897
    December 3rd, 2013 @ 4:02 pm

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  4. jwbrown1969
    December 3rd, 2013 @ 4:02 pm

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  5. Lockestep1776
    December 3rd, 2013 @ 4:02 pm

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  6. Citzcom
    December 3rd, 2013 @ 4:02 pm

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  7. Evi L. Bloggerlady
    December 3rd, 2013 @ 4:19 pm

    Bankrupt morally and in the lack of money to pay its obligations…

    The only bright spot: Public pensions will likely be cut! This is a vision of how the country will go in a few years, probably starting with the State of California.

  8. Evi L. Bloggerlady
    December 3rd, 2013 @ 4:21 pm

    http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vd-5TLZjcaE/Up4kWw7lh2I/AAAAAAAAdds/CPm0ecR_VTw/s1600/eatlikeapig.jpg I want to see some of these get put on a diet.

  9. kjcopp
    December 3rd, 2013 @ 5:01 pm

    RT @MrEvilMatt: It’s Official: Detroit Is Bankrupt: Decades of control by labor unions and Democrats: The struggling metropoli… http://t.…

  10. JeffS
    December 3rd, 2013 @ 5:47 pm

    The Fish Wrap of Choice™ (a/k/a the NYT) couid sympathize, but probably don’t. Instead, I expect that the inner sanctum of The Grey Lady is filled with the lamentations of their women and beta males..

  11. Jan4USA
    December 3rd, 2013 @ 6:09 pm

    RT @commonpatriot: via @rsmccain: It’s Official: Detroit Is Bankrupt http://t.co/n1iVmjZ7X4 #tcot

  12. LN_Smithee
    December 3rd, 2013 @ 7:09 pm

    I didn’t know Henry Waxman posted selfies.

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  14. Bob Belvedere
    December 3rd, 2013 @ 8:41 pm

    Bloody brilliant.

  15. Bob Belvedere
    December 3rd, 2013 @ 8:43 pm

    Turn the city into a museum.

    Put a fence around it and require all school kids to see the EPIC FAIL that is Leftism.

  16. BobBelvedere
    December 3rd, 2013 @ 8:43 pm

    It’s Official: Detroit Is Bankrupt http://t.co/zI6JzGHSwC by @rsmccain

  17. AblativMeatshld
    December 3rd, 2013 @ 8:45 pm

    RT @BobBelvedere: It’s Official: Detroit Is Bankrupt http://t.co/zI6JzGHSwC by @rsmccain

  18. Dana
    December 3rd, 2013 @ 8:53 pm

    It was official long before it was official.

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  20. rsmccain
    December 3rd, 2013 @ 9:00 pm

    RT @BobBelvedere: It’s Official: Detroit Is Bankrupt http://t.co/zI6JzGHSwC by @rsmccain

  21. rneppell
    December 3rd, 2013 @ 9:00 pm

    Also, Francisco Franco is still dead RT @BobBelvedere: It’s Official: Detroit Is Bankrupt http://t.co/CbhRxzPit9 by @rsmccain

  22. mjbanks
    December 3rd, 2013 @ 9:01 pm

    RT @BobBelvedere: It’s Official: Detroit Is Bankrupt http://t.co/zI6JzGHSwC by @rsmccain

  23. Guest
    December 3rd, 2013 @ 9:05 pm

    It’s more to do with blacks than leftism. It Detroit was white, it could survive even the leftists. Not prosper, but at least survive.

  24. alpacaherder
    December 3rd, 2013 @ 9:06 pm

    RT @BobBelvedere: It’s Official: Detroit Is Bankrupt http://t.co/zI6JzGHSwC by @rsmccain

  25. Evi L. Bloggerlady
    December 3rd, 2013 @ 9:07 pm

    “Call me Snake…”

  26. Evi L. Bloggerlady
    December 3rd, 2013 @ 9:07 pm

    Really? Who could this commentator be?

  27. BobBelvedere
    December 3rd, 2013 @ 9:12 pm

    RT @rneppell: Also, Francisco Franco is still dead RT @BobBelvedere: It’s Official: Detroit Is Bankrupt http://t.co/CbhRxzPit9 by @rsmccain

  28. Josh_Painter
    December 3rd, 2013 @ 10:33 pm

    RT @rneppell: Also, Francisco Franco is still dead RT @BobBelvedere: It’s Official: Detroit Is Bankrupt http://t.co/CbhRxzPit9 by @rsmccain

  29. Art Deco
    December 3rd, 2013 @ 10:45 pm

    New York State’s public pension system is the country’s most actuarially sound and its deficit spending is no worse than average. Illinois and California and the champion pigs.

  30. Evi L. Bloggerlady
    December 4th, 2013 @ 12:01 am

    That made me snort. Well done.

  31. Quartermaster
    December 4th, 2013 @ 6:54 am

    Race is an element, but that overwhelming element that “Guest” thinks it is. It’s true that Boston and San Francisco aren’t about to go down, but there are other factors involved that keeps them afloat. That is not true of places like Chicago.

  32. Idon't Know
    December 4th, 2013 @ 11:36 am

    Amusing that anyone would think the New York Times is liberal or they they are controlled by Democrrats and Unions.
    What is actually happening with public pensions is that the money employees contributed was siphoned off and not match for a long time.
    So now we have the know nothings and jealous whining about pensions. Whats it like to be on your knees? I wouldn’t know..

  33. MNHawk
    December 4th, 2013 @ 11:45 am

    Sucks for the trash of society, knowing that Scott Walker made Wisconsin financially sound, I’d imagine.

  34. wuuren
    December 5th, 2013 @ 8:08 am

    http://tinyurl.com/kftjzvx

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