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amborin

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29. Benton Harbor = they want to privatize the beach and make a golf course $$$$$ for the 1% eom

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Wed Dec 12, 2012, 06:35 PM

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Fascism alert - Rick Snyder seeks new Emergency Manager Law, immune from referendum [View all] HiPointDem Dec 2012 OP

Michigan legislature cut taxes on business (to zero), raised them on poor people, rich pay $7 HiPointDem Dec 2012 #1

Fascism? elleng Dec 2012 #2

Facism is capitalism's austere face. HiPointDem Dec 2012 #8

Company Town. Downwinder Dec 2012 #3

It's hard for me to believe.. defacto7 Dec 2012 #4

Not really. They think they can get away with raping an pillaging enough to make 1monster Dec 2012 #13

In Pontiac they sold off half the city. HiPointDem Dec 2012 #14

Exactly. If there is any justice, eventually, the courts will rule all of those sales 1monster Dec 2012 #15

i don't know that there are any court battles. they're building a dialysis clinic on the parkland HiPointDem Dec 2012 #16

Try building something without first getting the proper permits... Government has 1monster Dec 2012 #19

3/23/33: "Enabling Act" effectively hands legislative powers of the Reichstag to the Chancellor HiPointDem Dec 2012 #5

The powers-that-be could figure out how to put Blagojevich in prison but can't figure out how to do AnotherMcIntosh Dec 2012 #6

the powers that be *love* snyder. they put him in office. As a former venture (vulture) capitalist HiPointDem Dec 2012 #7

We were told that "we" won. We were told that Obama won. Doesn't the DOJ report to Holder who AnotherMcIntosh Dec 2012 #22

This is the sort of thing that spawns armed insurrections Scootaloo Dec 2012 #9

if only. the voters barely repealed it by 4 points. people are stupid and are going to suffer for HiPointDem Dec 2012 #10

Fascisim Fast-track ReRe Dec 2012 #11

Are there not Federal protections that could be used to intercede on behalf of the cities? Ford_Prefect Dec 2012 #12

Oh, it gets better (not) GreenEyedLefty Dec 2012 #17

please consider making this post a new OP. there is so much happening all at once in MI, it's HiPointDem Dec 2012 #18

Can MIchigan proceed is there is not a quorum in the legislature? avebury Dec 2012 #20

That Tactic Hasn't Worked Well... KharmaTrain Dec 2012 #21

it was only one year before the people repealed the EM law, but the EM sold half of Pontiac in the HiPointDem Dec 2012 #23

A Very Painful Lesson In Democracy... KharmaTrain Dec 2012 #24

Court orders can remove EM laws and right to work laws if the courts find it unconstitutional Panasonic Dec 2012 #25

But, Unfortunately, It Hasn't Been Ruled As Such... KharmaTrain Dec 2012 #28

Better nip this one in the bud cbrer Dec 2012 #26

K&R woo me with science Dec 2012 #27

Benton Harbor = they want to privatize the beach and make a golf course $$$$$ for the 1% eom amborin Dec 2012 #29

already done. they gave the city some other land for a park in exchange & the emergency manager HiPointDem Dec 2012 #30

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