Well said. Like it or not, we are all in this together. So this is a time for reflection, and for offering serious solutions. It is not a time for childish giggling.
Detroit is a parasitic municipality - a legal entity with vast untenable obligations and no means to pay. I don't know about you but I don't feel sorry for parasites. If they're attached to me I don't feel bad when they fall off and die.
And we are not 'all in this together'. In what sense are we 'all in it together' when we are not all enjoying extremely lucrative pensions?