UM2001GRAD
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RE: Obama Regime In Talks To Give Detroit $100 Million Taxpayer-Funded Bailout…
(04-18-2014 03:31 PM)AngryAphid Wrote: (04-18-2014 03:12 PM)UM2001GRAD Wrote: Send $100MM to ExxonMobil and the right-wingers cheer. Send $100MM to help Americans (who happen to be in a majority black city) and right-wingers are outraged.
Actually it’s a majority in-the-red city.
That's also very true. It's been an incredibly poorly run city for years, but the fact of the matter is what happened there (and in other Michigan cities) was incredibly undemocratic; and letting major American cities decay and fail isn't an option. There are many initiatives going on in Detroit in an attempt to bring the city back, but it's going to take input from all fronts (private sector, city, state, and federal).
My initial point still stands - right-wingers defend massive tax giveaways to private corporations, but are outraged at federal support to revive a struggling (majority-minority) city. I'm on record many times over stating that bigotry and racism have a comfortable home in right-wing politics, and this yet another example.
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smn1256
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RE: Obama Regime In Talks To Give Detroit $100 Million Taxpayer-Funded Bailout…
(04-18-2014 03:12 PM)UM2001GRAD Wrote: Send $100MM to ExxonMobil and the right-wingers cheer. Send $100MM to help Americans (who happen to be in a majority black city) and right-wingers are outraged.
That's BS. We moaned and groaned about all the bail outs, including the auto and bank industries.
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