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pa28

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21. Wholeheartedly agree.

Reply to roamer65 (Reply #19)

Fri Jul 19, 2013, 11:22 PM

Jul 2013

If the collection were to be liquidated I'd rather see it stay in the public commons.

Right now it looks like the difference between city assets and obligations is in the neighborhood of 5-10 billion. The fed currently pumps that much every single week into MBS purchases with questionable collateral to support financial institutions.

If the artwork were about to be lost to private purchasers maybe it could be included as part of a federal bailout package and returned to the commons.

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Detroit’s Creditors Eye Its Art Collection [View all] pa28 Jul 2013 OP

Fuckin' vampires! TDale313 Jul 2013 #1

The Nazis made millions off of looted artworks..... Wounded Bear Jul 2013 #2

Simple question: where do they get money from? Dreamer Tatum Jul 2013 #3

Wall Street got bailed out, why not the people of Detroit? leftstreet Jul 2013 #6

The federal govt, then. Fair enough. Dreamer Tatum Jul 2013 #12

IIRC, the Feds bailed out NYC a few years back.... Wounded Bear Jul 2013 #17

Tax the rich ... oldhippie Jul 2013 #7

I'd rather it burn than end up in some rich fuck's estate...nt Earth_First Jul 2013 #4

Remember, the goal is to dismantle every public good ... ananda Jul 2013 #5

+1 gollygee Jul 2013 #8

+1 TDale313 Jul 2013 #9

Kevyn Orr could have reiterated the AG's position against a sale. He did not. pa28 Jul 2013 #14

Kevyn Orr: Howdy Doody Not For Sale In Detroit’s Bankruptcy Chiyo-chichi Jul 2013 #10

Blood-sucking leeches. chimpymustgo Jul 2013 #11

makes me think mstinamotorcity2 Jul 2013 #13

Tax the churches, including their real estate holdings theHandpuppet Jul 2013 #15

If they try Union Scribe Jul 2013 #16

Why would Detroit keep an art collection if it cannot afford to pay pensions to retirees? (nt) Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #18

I think pensions and unions should be first in line but unfortunately the opposite is true. pa28 Jul 2013 #20

The federal government needs to step in and move the art to the Smithsonian. roamer65 Jul 2013 #19

Wholeheartedly agree. pa28 Jul 2013 #21

I think that there would be a HUGE backlash against this from the tri-county area. demmiblue Jul 2013 #22

Right, I read about that as I was digging into the issue. pa28 Jul 2013 #23

I am not going to pretend to be knowledgable on this issue, but demmiblue Jul 2013 #24