I just got back from Flint, MI

[Taverner]

Wow.

I am just amazed at this town.

Sure, GM is moving out in droves.

Sure, the American Auto Industry has been considered left for dead by many investors.

But Flint still exists.

The locals have taken the grandiose structures from previous wealth, and turned it into something new. Something local.

Something unique - something beautiful.

The city still has the brick pavement on Saginaw St.

My mother's childhood home still stands. Kept up very well - and like any good midwestern home, there is no fence. That our California thing.

I saw a Pipe Repairs and Sales place.

After talking with some folks, I noticed many of them moved to Flint because it was an affordable home for a commuter to Lansing.

I realized - if Flint, or any city is to rebuild from this point - it needs to do so from the centers of government out.

Look - I know, what the Republicans will say. "Socialism! Socialism!" Well - its not. One big hallmark of true Socialism is central planning. So how is sending cash out to strapped states central planning?

How is it "Socialism?"

We need to fund our states, give them the cash they need - so they don't go bankrupt. Many states do not have the luxury of deficit spending.

Give them cash - if anything to keep the states alive.

If anything to keep Flint alive.

If anything to keep America alive.