[Hoodat]

Spot on. The interesting thing to me about this whole Detroit story is what put it on the front page. As we look at the hundreds of photos of squalor and decay, we must realize that it is not these that made this story newsworthy. The rot in these photos has been going on for years now. No, the current concern has nothing at all to do with the plight of the citizens of Detroit. Not at all. The focus of this story has to do with the plight of Detroit government.

Democrats have stood by idly as the hope and prosperity of the citizens of Detroit has been slowly but steadily destroyed from within. Election after election, the same mold of bureaucrats survived while the city itself died. But now and only now do the alarm bells sound, and only because the bureaucrats have run out of other people's money.

If Detroit still had creditors left that were willing to extend it more loans, this story wouldn't be on the front page. And the decay of the citizens would continue unabated with zero empathy from the ruling Democrat class.

[ClearCase_guy]

Excellent observation.

[rbg81]

Ultimately, it is the short term mindset of the citizens that caused this. Just elect the politicians that promise me free stuff, coddle the slugs at the expense of the producers, and tell me that its not my fault. Don’t hold them accountable for corruption or actual results because, after all, its the White boogeyman to blame.

This is the real formula for rot and decay. It comes from within long before it manifests itself from without.