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Detroit files largest municipal bankruptcy case in U.S. history
Detroit News ^ | July 18,2013 | •Robert Snell, Daniel Howes, Chad Livengood

Posted on 07/18/2013 1:36:48 PM PDT by Hojczyk

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To: GeorgeWashingtonsGhost

52 Years of Democratic Rule Leads to Total Ruin


21 posted on 07/18/2013 1:48:01 PM PDT by kempster
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To: Veggie Todd

Heh.


22 posted on 07/18/2013 1:49:12 PM PDT by matt04
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23 posted on 07/18/2013 1:51:15 PM PDT by sushiman ( .)
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To: Veggie Todd

Can’t they just go to American Jewelry & Loan and hock some stuff? I’m sure Les and Seth will give them a good deal...

GOOD ONE! ;)


24 posted on 07/18/2013 1:52:45 PM PDT by Impala64ssa (You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
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To: stars & stripes forever

Actually, it will typically be a collaboration between the Emergency Appointee of the Governor and the bankruptcy judge. And the unions are indeed screaming...and I could see Obama trying to butt in as he did unlegally on the General Motors and Chrysler bankruptcy filings.


25 posted on 07/18/2013 1:53:41 PM PDT by Paul Ross (Ronald Reagan-1987:"We are always willing to be trade partners but never trade patsies.")
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To: Veggie Todd

Harrisburg PA, also bankrupt, is going that route. A mayor bought a lot of Wild West stuff in the hopes of building a lot of city-run museums.


26 posted on 07/18/2013 1:55:25 PM PDT by jiggyboy (Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: Hojczyk

Well, the city itself has been morally bankrupt for some time, so it’s only fitting that it is now monetarily bankrupt now too..


27 posted on 07/18/2013 1:56:52 PM PDT by Fedupwithit (You gave him what he wanted. I gave him what he needed.)
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28 posted on 07/18/2013 1:57:16 PM PDT by csmusaret (Will remove Obama-Biden bumperstickers for $10)
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To: Hojczyk

Detroit looks like a war zone. I have passed through Detroit
3 times in the last three years going into Canada. That broke
city looks like a war zone.


29 posted on 07/18/2013 1:58:24 PM PDT by tennmountainman
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30 posted on 07/18/2013 1:58:45 PM PDT by newfreep (Breitbart sent me...)
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To: Veggie Todd
I’m sure Les and Seth will give them a good deal...

Les will say "owning Detroit, how cool would that be." He'll then make a low-ball offer of $35 for the city.

Seth will get all irate and say something like "Les, don't be stupid. We'll never be able to make any money with a piece of crap like Detroit."

Ashley will start yelling at Seth, and the whole deal will fall apart.

31 posted on 07/18/2013 2:00:31 PM PDT by Leaning Right
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To: Hojczyk

What took so long?


32 posted on 07/18/2013 2:00:52 PM PDT by clintonh8r (white Caucasian)
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To: jiggyboy

Harrisburg, PA is less than 1/10 the size of Detroit.

This is BIG news.


33 posted on 07/18/2013 2:01:09 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Leaning Right

Les and Seth will be bugging out for Lapeer once the Detroit Cops figure out what this means to their pension and benefit packages.


34 posted on 07/18/2013 2:02:01 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Blood of Tyrants

all da white crackahs took da ben franklins and moved out. its fine they gone but they shoulda kept da money here. guess dey lef when we was sleepin or we woulda just tookt from dem...


35 posted on 07/18/2013 2:04:10 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Hojczyk

It’s a sad day for the city of Stockton. They can no longer say,”We’re number one!”


36 posted on 07/18/2013 2:04:24 PM PDT by bubbacluck (You don't drive out the darkness; you turn on the light.)
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To: Bryanw92

WELL, I HAVE SEEN A BIT OF DETROIT ON GOOGLE MAPS—AND YOU HAVE BLOCKS AND BLOCKS THAT ARE EMPTY LOTS. SOME AREAS LOOK LIKE FIELDS WITH A HOUSE HERE AN A HOUSE THERE. IT WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE FOR HOMESTEADERS—BUT I DON’T THINK THE GOVERNMENT WOULD ALLOW THAT. I DON’T THINK THEY’D MIND IF CHICAGO NY AND LA & PHILLY WENT THE SAME WAY.


37 posted on 07/18/2013 2:12:32 PM PDT by brooklyn dave (no new world odor---screw the Borg)
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To: Hojczyk

So who gets the Red Wings?


38 posted on 07/18/2013 2:13:37 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Hojczyk

Hate to say it

Sound like SOuth Park Joke


39 posted on 07/18/2013 2:19:22 PM PDT by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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To: Veggie Todd

ROFL that good one


40 posted on 07/18/2013 2:19:48 PM PDT by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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