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zeemike

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6. Yes but that is different.

Reply to Octafish (Original post)

Wed Jul 31, 2013, 11:12 PM

Jul 2013

NYC is where the elite live and play...you can't expect them to do without services can you?
Detroit is full of little people and you know what they say about feeding stray cats don't you?

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No one mentions New York City got bailed out in 1975. [View all] Octafish Jul 2013 OP

That came after the infamous NY Daily News headline, Benton D Struckcheon Jul 2013 #1

Columbia gets more federal aid than Motown. Octafish Jul 2013 #2

Chump change! BOA got $142billion in 2009 leftstreet Jul 2013 #3

I remember how mad I was about all the hell they were raising over giving the auto industry liberal_at_heart Aug 2013 #11

Tim Geithner used America's homeowners to ''foam the runway'' for the bankster landing. Octafish Aug 2013 #13

yeah, but that was when repubs still had souls! eom ellenfl Jul 2013 #4

Yes, those quaint times when bipartisan meant something and compromise was acceptable & meaningful. countmyvote4real Aug 2013 #9

Today's GOP are largely criminal, supporting tyrants and banksters. Octafish Aug 2013 #16

I had forgotten about that! NCarolinawoman Jul 2013 #5

Yes but that is different. zeemike Jul 2013 #6

Correction ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2013 #7

I believe it was mentioned here on DU bigwillq Jul 2013 #8

DU's great that way. Octafish Aug 2013 #15

Trump has never come RudynJack Aug 2013 #10

Ripping off his partners and declaring bankruptcy over and over. Egalitarian Thug Aug 2013 #14

Mitt Romney: "Let Detroit Go Bankrupt" Heywood J Aug 2013 #12

NYC is a major business, cultural, and financial centre, a major shipping port, and a transit hub. Spider Jerusalem Aug 2013 #17

That bailout also heralded an age of austerity in NYC hack89 Aug 2013 #18