The austerity arrives ..

[TBF]

13. I detailed in the GD thread how I would tackle the problem -

interested in what you all think.

I would declare Scranton a fiscal disaster area and start pumping in federal bailout money today (much like a weather emergency). Frankly they should have done this with Detroit rather than send in the privatization vultures. Bail-outs aren't just for investment banks. All funding/organization would be coordinated at the federal level, with input sought from local leaders via town hall meetings and the like. We have the technology to communicate world-wide very easily these days, let's use it.

How do we pay for bailing out our cities and getting our neighbors back to work? We tax the fucking billionaires. We tax the millionaires. We tax the corporations instead of giving them loopholes in which they figure out how to write off everything imaginable and get tax money returned to them. They all can hold off on purchasing a 17th yacht for the fleet, for example, so that Barney the fire chief can get a decent wage rather than be cut back to minimum wage.

I'm tired of everyone else going broke and losing their jobs/homes while just a very few live in extreme luxury. It isn't right.