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FULL DOCUMENTARY: Bankrupt – How Cronyism and Corruption Brought Down Detroit
The Right Scoop ^ | 1/31/2014 | Caleb Howe

Posted on 01/31/2014 8:55:24 PM PST by absentee

Detroit was one of America’s great jewels. A center for industry, innovation, ingenuity, and the American can-do spirt. A shining example of the capitalist tide lifting all boats.

Today, Detroit rests in shadow. It is a husk, a decaying testament to what can go wrong when government and bad policy intersect with bad business. What happened? Bankrupt is the new documentary that will lead you through the brambles and reveal what went wrong. What’s more, it answers the question of what there is to learn from the story of the rise and fall of America’s auto empire, and what it says about where we are going as a nation in the era of too big to fail.

The full documentary is now available online and at no cost for a limited time. And here at RightScoop, we’re the first to bring it to you in full. So grab some popcorn, dim the lights, and take a look as the filmmakers pull aside the curtain and reveal Detroit, the felled giant.

(Excerpt) Read more at therightscoop.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: detroit; gm; obama; toobigtofail
Run Time of the film is about 42 minutes and all worth it. Obama claimed Detroit as a success story in his State of the Union. This video shows how ridiculous that claim really is.
1 posted on 01/31/2014 8:55:24 PM PST by absentee
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To: absentee

...Detroit as a success story in his State of the Union.”

Amazing!


2 posted on 01/31/2014 9:02:19 PM PST by Huskrrrr
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To: Huskrrrr

He really is shameless.


3 posted on 01/31/2014 9:17:02 PM PST by absentee
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To: absentee

Detroit in RUINS! (Crowder goes Ghetto)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hhJ_49leBw

If you haven’t seen this video be sure to do so.


4 posted on 01/31/2014 9:23:52 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; me = independent conservative)
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To: absentee

He claimed Detroit a success in THIS YEAR’s SOTU? What the ell was he talking about???


5 posted on 01/31/2014 9:29:04 PM PST by Aria ( 2008 & 2012 weren't elections - they were coup d'etats.)
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To: absentee

Why I Bought A House In Detroit For $500
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3110960/posts

Detroit Police Chief: ‘Good Americans with CPLs translates into crime reduction’
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3109065/posts

Watch this guy explore Detroit’s abandoned Packard Plant on a dirt bike
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3114014/posts

Downtown Detroit hit by massive sinkhole
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3114093/posts

Detroit bailout comes at expense of statewide taxpayers
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3117394/posts

Did police go too far by shoving Fox 2 reporter M.L. Elrick?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3117411/posts

Michigan Taxpayers Have Already Bailed Out Detroit - Again and again and again
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3117675/posts

Bankruptcy In The USSA: Detroit Bondholders About To Be GM’ed In Favor Of Pensioners
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3118015/posts


6 posted on 01/31/2014 9:33:54 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; me = independent conservative)
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To: absentee

OON

YUNS

killed Detroit.


7 posted on 01/31/2014 9:53:32 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: absentee
click the pick...

8 posted on 01/31/2014 10:02:51 PM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Detroit reminds me of an insect that has been sucked completely dry by a spider and its empty shell then kicked out of the web.


9 posted on 02/01/2014 1:02:09 AM PST by beelzepug (if any alphabets are watchin', I'll be coming home right after the meetin')
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To: absentee

Bump


10 posted on 02/01/2014 3:31:34 AM PST by lowbridge
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To: absentee

Cronyism and Corruption is happening on a national level. We are all Detroit now.


11 posted on 02/01/2014 4:25:55 AM PST by killermosquito (Buffalo, Detroit (and eventually France) is what you get when liberalism runs its course.)
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To: absentee

Black democrat racist politicians brought Detroit down.


12 posted on 02/01/2014 4:45:41 AM PST by kenmcg
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To: kenmcg

BTT


13 posted on 02/01/2014 5:30:52 AM PST by RedEyeJack
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To: RedEyeJack
Freepers

Take the time to watch this documentary (40 minutes +/-). It really puts everything regarding Detroit, unions, and political corruption into perspective.

Another lie... “We saved Detroit”, is brutally exposed. Obama's structuring of the bailout helped no one other than the UAW. And we taxpayers paid the price for years of Democrat's collusion and corruption in Detroit. This documentary should be shown in prime time on national television... Atlas did not shrug and the Democrat politicians are laughing at us all the way to the first tee.

14 posted on 02/01/2014 5:40:54 AM PST by RedEyeJack
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To: absentee

Obama claimed that Detroit is a success.
Depends on the meaning of success.
Guess for him it is.


15 posted on 02/06/2014 6:03:40 AM PST by Texas resident (Prepping since 2007)
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