Posted on 03/19/2013 3:31:15 AM PDT by RedBallJet
Like the auto workers, the city’s public sector workers and residents will be forced to sacrifice their jobs, pensions and the needs of their families to pay for a financial crisis they did not create.
Sure, those poor unfortunate municipal workers and UAW workers at Chrysler and GM) didn't create this mess. Their unions did. The political party that their unions installed in power and kept in power did.
Detroit needs to be flushed down the toilet. Union thugs have destroyed the auto industry, just like the German workers socialist party union destroyed Germany. If there was ever a law in need, it is one banning unions from their extortion racket of forced membership.
I prefer we just nuke Detroit from orbit.
Amazing how someone can be 100% wrong and yet make it sound good to low info people. Everything in this article falls apart on slight examination.
“After the 2009 restructuring, the auto companies have been raking in record profits—$11 billion alone last year alone—enabling Wall Street investors and auto execs to make a killing, including Ford’s Alan Mulally, who pocketed $21 million last year.”
Does that line of complete BS never get old?
Let’s see, Ford got how much of a bailout - oh that’s right - none.
They’ve made how much profit since he took over? Oh that’s right, several hundred times Mulally’s salary.
And of course, the critics on this subject aren’t biased at all in their criticism based on which political party people donate to?
That’s why their were no basketball, football, or baseball players on losing teams that made $21 million last year.
There were no movie stars that made bomb movies last year that also made $21 million last year.
And there were no useful idiot/liberals that made $21 million dollars last year (Glooomberg, the Clintoons, etc)
Criticism of salary has ENTIRELY to do with where your money goes in the political spectrum, and NOTHING to do with reality.
Hores Hocky! The people DID do this by continually electing people that would do NOTHING. Zero simpathy here.
The scary part is that the “tough decisions” are being made by one of their own, not by a conservative.
When you see the socialists start splitting, you know violence is soon to follow....mostly against their own who speak out against those in power.
No mention of Barf Alert or any other purgative disclaimer of source.
RedBallJet
Since Feb 23, 2013
OK, we will see how long this lasts.
Now get you worthless butt back to Hell where it belongs!
>>Detroit needs to be flushed down the toilet. <<
It has already happened.
I have no sympathy for these people. They weren’t crying about when Big Zero robbed the GM of it’s pensions and gave it to the UAW. phock ‘em... it’s called Karma.
Maybe he didn't follow our tradition of adding a "barf alert" to announce in the headline that he disagrees with the premise of the article, he did follow up with " Rick Snyder for President! ". Also his other posts look good.
Hold your fire unless you have more evidence that he is a socialist troll.
Another lesson learned in “Economics 101: There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch”
Sweet.
Question: What is wrong with Detroit?
Answer: 15 Billion in liabilities. Divide 15 Billion by 700,000 people and get the amount of debt each resident owes to the city.
Conclusion: Now you now why Detroit is in financial trouble.
Right on target, Bryan.
“Sure, those poor unfortunate municipal workers and UAW workers at Chrysler and GM) didn’t create this mess. Their unions did. The political party that their unions installed in power and kept in power did.”
I know I’m preaching to the choir here, but the article reminds me of something I read a while back that shed some light for me on how Rome went from a Free Republic to a dictatorship:
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/288949/rome-redux-michael-auslin
The more things change, I guess...
“the city’s public sector workers and residents will be forced to sacrifice their jobs, pensions and the needs of their families to pay for a financial crisis they did not create.”
“Detroit is burdened with unsustainable legacy costs, i.e., the pensions and health care benefits owed to tens of thousands of retired municipal workers and their families.”
LOL. Contradicts itself in first two paras.
Like the auto workers, the city’s public sector workers and residents will be forced to sacrifice their jobs, pensions and the needs of their families to pay for a financial crisis they did not create.
The people (animals) of Detroit are reaping the rewards of Socialism and Fascist rule. They pooped a huge pile in the street, now let them lay in it.
Maybe Detroit should seize 10% of everyone’s bank account that lives in the city for starters. . ?
Its gotta start somewhere.
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