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4. Just like Detroit

Wed Feb 5, 2014, 12:58 PM

Feb 2014

Is it true that a select few are trying to basically purchase the city of Detroit for a privately owned city? Is it possible?

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GOP Wants The Country To Fall Apart So They Can Sell It Off Cheaply. [View all] TheMastersNemesis Feb 2014 OP

Simple, straight forward, and honest.... daleanime Feb 2014 #1

Precisely! nt 2naSalit Feb 2014 #2

Just like Detroit sawdust Feb 2014 #4

At least if they do that . . . Brigid Feb 2014 #13

Isn't that pretty much the plot of Robocop? tridim Feb 2014 #16

Looks like they're winning. sibelian Feb 2014 #5

It may "look like they're winning" from your vantage point, Sibby, whathehell Feb 2014 #12

If we give them Detroit will they leave the rest of the country alone? Heather MC Feb 2014 #6

Eggzaklee! Scuba Feb 2014 #7

Detroit ... selling off America 101 n/t etherealtruth Feb 2014 #8

To themselves malaise Feb 2014 #9

You win the internets for the day. Brigid Feb 2014 #10

They want you dead. n/t PowerToThePeople Feb 2014 #11

No they don't. bvar22 Feb 2014 #18

I don't agree with this Vox Moi Feb 2014 #14

Seling it off cheaply is the bonus. tridim Feb 2014 #15