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Saw it on a Bloomberg Breaking banner too. nt BumRushDaShow Dec 2013 #1
This is really bad greatlaurel Dec 2013 #2
1 question rdking647 Dec 2013 #4
The GOP has been aided a great deal TBF Dec 2013 #25
Detroit should be suing Wall St for Fraudulent Financial Products Demeter Dec 2013 #3
and if the lose? rdking647 Dec 2013 #5
+ 1 russspeakeasy Dec 2013 #6
So this frees Detroit from paying those pensions, correct? CoffeeCat Dec 2013 #7
not yet rdking647 Dec 2013 #8
I just read the article.... CoffeeCat Dec 2013 #9
16% is the plan (last I heard) SlipperySlope Dec 2013 #10
It's worse than that. jeff47 Dec 2013 #11
...crimes against humanity. SoapBox Dec 2013 #18
NOTE: Police and firefighters DID NOT contribute to Social Security. Festivito Dec 2013 #39
there should be a law that pension obligations for public and private employees can't be gamed away yurbud Dec 2013 #12
There is a law in Michigan deancr Dec 2013 #14
And the Banksters will still call the shots AND get their money. SoapBox Dec 2013 #17
how do you pay rdking647 Dec 2013 #24
It's the Supremacy Clause at work Morganfleeman Dec 2013 #27
Or deancr Dec 2013 #28
played as much or more of a role in detroit's failing deancr Dec 2013 #29
I forgot for a moment: when the rich wasn't something, laws don't matter yurbud Dec 2013 #33
Absolutely. NaturalHigh Dec 2013 #23
What factors contribute to this Detroit bankruptcy? knic Dec 2013 #13
They have lost 60% of their population hack89 Dec 2013 #19
JOBS. navarth Dec 2013 #30
Detroit's decline predates globalization hack89 Dec 2013 #32
If the tax base has shrunk knic Dec 2013 #34
It didn't shrink in size geographically hack89 Dec 2013 #36
There goes the DIA. eggplant Dec 2013 #15
Yup. This is going to get ugly. progressoid Dec 2013 #16
All things being equal... eggplant Dec 2013 #37
More coverage from the Detroit Free Press/Detroit News alp227 Dec 2013 #20
If all of the residents of Detroit decided to move, safeinOhio Dec 2013 #21
How CRAZY are Republicans/Greedy? Michigan-Answers ? mitty14u2 Dec 2013 #22
"Snyder’s emergency management" Detroit Bankruptcy mitty14u2 Dec 2013 #26
I think they're going after the Water Works more than anything. navarth Dec 2013 #31
You think the horseshoer will get to keep his job if this happens? philosslayer Dec 2013 #35
You post a link from the Mackinac Center??? navarth Dec 2013 #40
I have no idea what the Mackinac Center is philosslayer Dec 2013 #41
"Feel better now?" navarth Dec 2013 #42
It's a news story philosslayer Dec 2013 #43
Like Fox News is a news story. navarth Dec 2013 #44
simple solution...unincorporate..nt quadrature Dec 2013 #38
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