Detroit

     This week there are two pressing stories to comment on.
     Last year, The Great Money-Dispensing Messiah Obama said "We did not let Detroit go bankrupt."
     Last week, Detroit went bankrupt. The White House paid liar (Otherwise known as the Press Secretary) Jay Carney said there was no plans for a federal bailout for Detroit.
     Translated: "F*** you, I don't need your 16 electoral votes anymore. You're on your own--suckers!"
     Right now, all the union types and assorted liberal-minded social scientists are trying to figure out WHY Detroit went bankrupt.
     I don't have a college degree, but I can tell you with a high degree of confidence WHY Detroit has gone (in my mind) from the Motor City to "Moron City." Here's how it happened.
    1. When Detroit had MASSIVE car factories and LOTS of jobs, the city got loads of tax money. "Back in the day" they could afford to pay exhorbitant wages to city workers to compete with the exhorbitant wages paid to unionized auto workers. It was a "win-win" situation for the unions.
     The unions loved it because more union laborers means more union control, and the unions did not compromise when trouble loomed in the future (Give us more money!). When the car factories went elsewhere, the auto workers went elsewhere too and took their tax dollars with them. With the reduction in population, there was a reduction in other businesses such as grocery and hardware stores. More tax dollars lost and Detroit retained its obligation to continue paying union salaries and benefits.
   2. When the Big Three automakers moved factories, people lost their houses and went elsewhere for work, resulting in less money coming into Detroit's coffers because nobody was paying property taxes. Those who worked in Detroit moved outside its reaches to spare themselves higher taxes.
   3. With the loss of jobs and the tax revenue, there are fewer first responders than before. Detroit resembles a broken-down Third World capitol rather than a modern city. Who the hell would want to live/work/raise a family in a shithole where it takes police 58 minutes to respond? (nation wide, the average is 11 minutes.) I cannot name a responsible person who would want to live in such conditions.
     Here's a little side-note.
     DEMOCRATS have been in charge of Detroit since January 2, 1962.
     Over 51 years of Democrat control, policies, union politics, etc.
     The truth is clear. Piss-poor leadership, bad management practices, giving the unions EVERYTHING they asked for, etc. is what caused Detroit's bankruptcy.
    That doesn't matter.
    Haven't you heard? It's all Bush's fault!