The liberals will want to merge the ‘burbs with Detroit to make them pay for everything. Then people will leave the burbs too.
That's been tried many times before and hasn't worked. The libs are not in the drivers seat or even in the car any more.
Because I'm very familiar with it, they used this same rationale in Pittsburgh. The libs in the city were upset because all their tax base had moved to the suburbs. No one wanted to come downtown to shop or spend money--and why would they, with thugs and $20/day parking? Anyway, they claimed that the surrounding counties all benefitted from the city's centeral presence, and therefore, the residents in those surrounding counties should be taxed. Some called it a "donut" tax, as those counties formed a ring around Allegheny County, which is where Pittsburgh is.