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kelliekat44

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31. Don't ask us. Ask the President: www.Whitehouse.gov nt

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Fri Sep 13, 2013, 08:55 AM

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Why Do We Spend Billions on the National Security State While We Let Detroit Go Bankrupt? [View all] xchrom Sep 2013 OP

Why should national tax payers bail out local incompetents? Clown is Down Sep 2013 #1

I didnt realize the National Security Complex was so competent that we should fund it. Katashi_itto Sep 2013 #2

Well done!! Theyletmeeatcake2 Sep 2013 #3

:) Katashi_itto Sep 2013 #6

:) SugarShack Sep 2013 #33

NAFTA has been in effect for over 20 years! Clown is Down Sep 2013 #8

Seriously? We now have to explain macroeconomics to you? Katashi_itto Sep 2013 #9

Yes please explain... Clown is Down Sep 2013 #13

I suggest you go read. Keep in mind what drives city revenue. Katashi_itto Sep 2013 #35

How come NAFTA didn't affect cities like Boston, Chicago, NY hack89 Sep 2013 #32

Everything was affected. In some places the effect was amplified. Katashi_itto Sep 2013 #36

Detroit has lost 60% of its population since 1950 hack89 Sep 2013 #37

Sounds like Damascus to me, and all DC is drooling to spend our cash on their Bluenorthwest Sep 2013 #21

+++ 1,000 +++ n/t RKP5637 Sep 2013 #12

Where were you when Wall Street was getting bailed out? Scuba Sep 2013 #15

I wasn't a member then. Clown is Down Sep 2013 #22

And NYC in the 70's? Scuba Sep 2013 #24

I was about 13 in 1979... Clown is Down Sep 2013 #25

You sound like you've had your nose in the Hajek book(I don't mean Selma)!!! Theyletmeeatcake2 Sep 2013 #29

Compromise: hire the unemployed in Detroit Odious justice Sep 2013 #4

! xchrom Sep 2013 #5

LOL !!! Vinnie From Indy Sep 2013 #27

There is money to be made.. sendero Sep 2013 #7

Exactly! Big buck investors investing in US failed cities, NO, RKP5637 Sep 2013 #11

k&r for exposure. n/t Laelth Sep 2013 #10

If we can't afford to educate our children, to heal our sick or care for our elderly ... Scuba Sep 2013 #14

+1 xchrom Sep 2013 #18

I'm plagerizing your post 90-percent Sep 2013 #20

You're welcome. It's a question I've often asked, and the only true answer I've received is .... Scuba Sep 2013 #23

It's just how capitalism works or doesn't work. fasttense Sep 2013 #16

USA bailed out NYC Octafish Sep 2013 #17

+1000000 woo me with science Sep 2013 #34

The only ones getting bailed out are the safeinOhio Sep 2013 #19

I heard in Detroit it's Legal to Get High, I Drove Thru Michigan Now I know Why. Johnny Ready Sep 2013 #26

Michigan is the most gorgeous state in the Union. TheDeputy Sep 2013 #28

Tear down all these homes!!! Theyletmeeatcake2 Sep 2013 #30

Don't ask us. Ask the President: www.Whitehouse.gov nt kelliekat44 Sep 2013 #31