A Bankrupt Detroit is the GOP model for America

[redozzman]

Don't forget union greed as well

[tbone888]

And the biggest of all...producing a shit product.

[Von Halen]

And the biggest of all...producing a shit product.

So, you are buying what the foreigner's are selling you. Good for you.

[FORD]

Don't forget union greed as well

Ah, I see you drank the "right to work for nothing" koolaid that they serve down there in the old Confederacy....

The undeniable fact is that the decline of this country overall and the decline of living wage union employment began at the exact same time.

If Charles Koch and his brother get what they want (literally no minimum wage, let alone no unions) then there will be nothing separating this country from the third world.

(Except some of those countries actually have health care. But that's entirely another thread)

[FORD]

And the biggest of all...producing a shit product.

Some of them certainly have been. Believe me, as the former owner of a Dodge Aries AND a Ford Tempo, I'll be the first one to say that Detroit automakers are capable of making shitty cars.

But on the other hand, how many Toyota products had to be recalled in the last few years. Now were those Japanese Toyotas, or were they made in the union bashing "right to work for nothing" states of the Southern US? Or both?

[Von Halen]

Some of them certainly have been. Believe me, as the former owner of a Dodge Aries AND a Ford Tempo, I'll be the first one to say that Detroit automakers are capable of making shitty cars.

But on the other hand, how many Toyota products had to be recalled in the last few years. Now were those Japanese Toyotas, or were they made in the union bashing "right to work for nothing" states of the Southern US? Or both?

Yes, the Dodge Aries and Ford Tempo represented some lean and embarrassing times in the Detroit auto industry. But those days are gone. Todays cars from the Big 3 are as good as anybody's.

Hey, no matter where those Toyota's were built, they were probably engineered in Jap land. It takes a lot more people to design and engineer a car, than it does to assemble it on a line.

[jacksmar]

Ah, I see you drank the "right to work for nothing" koolaid that they serve down there in the old Confederacy....

The undeniable fact is that the decline of this country overall and the decline of living wage union employment began at the exact same time.

If Charles Koch and his brother get what they want (literally no minimum wage, let alone no unions) then there will be nothing separating this country from the third world.

(Except some of those countries actually have health care. But that's entirely another thread)

More of the same will save Detroit. Spoken like a well trained socialist.

The undeniable fact is that the decline of this country overall and the decline of living wage union employment began at the exact same time - I'll play along.

The minimum wage, when it was first enacted in 1938, was twenty-five cents per hour. It's only fair that the minimum wage keep up with inflation, right? Instead of $7.25 per hour, it must be somewhere near $25 per hour by now. In the interest of fairness, I went on the web to an inflation calculator. You know what the minimum wage should be now when you account for inflation? Hold onto your union card. $4.82.

[FORD]

I didn't realize who pRick Snyder was until I heard it on the radio today....

This is the asshole who turned Gateway Computers from decent quality (though horribly overpriced) machines into cheap disposable pieces of crap with "time bomb" power supplies that fried the entire motherboard when they went tits up.

That speaks volumes about what kind of a piece of shit he is.

[Von Halen]

I didn't realize who pRick Snyder was until I heard it on the radio today....

This is the asshole who turned Gateway Computers from decent quality (though horribly overpriced) machines into cheap disposable pieces of crap with "time bomb" power supplies that fried the entire motherboard when they went tits up.

That speaks volumes about what kind of a piece of shit he is.

Yeah dude, he ran Gateway in the ground. See, it's not just the black politicians here, that undeservedly get elected.


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[Inappropriate Van Hagar Lyrics]

I didn't realize who pRick Snyder was until I heard it on the radio today....

This is the asshole who turned Gateway Computers from decent quality (though horribly overpriced) machines into cheap disposable pieces of crap with "time bomb" power supplies that fried the entire motherboard when they went tits up.

That speaks volumes about what kind of a piece of shit he is.

Their aint no way round the system. Money makes this world go round ....... They got you coming in, they got you going out. For the same amount!! Oh....... come on.

[FORD]

[FORD]

[FORD]

Necrobump - to accompany the other Detroit thread.

[jacksmar]

http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2016/11/03/e-mails-maneuvering-detroit-demolition-deals/93202756/

How Detroit Land Bank billing scheme netted $824K from state of Michigan

One month before the Detroit Land Bank Authority released an audit detailing an improper billing scheme involving some demolition contractors, Timothy Drakeford signed an affidavit saying he was directed by Aradondo Haskins, a former Detroit Building Authority employee, to adjust his demolition prices.

The Free Press obtained the affidavit and related e-mails Tuesday through a Freedom of Information Act request. The records shed new light on aspects of the city’s demolition program, which is under federal investigation, and its apparent bidding practices.

More than $250 million from the federal Hardest Hit Fund has been allocated to Detroit for its demolition program. The money has helped the city tear down more than 10,000 blighted properties since Duggan took office in 2014.

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i missed the part of the constitution that makes us pay to tear down homes in Detroit.........

[jacksmar]

http://www.detroitmi.gov/portals/0/docs/em/bankruptcy%20information/m.%20kopacz%20expert%20report%20to%20judge%20rhodes%20071814.pdf

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comp time vs pay check.

only in socialist Detroit.................