What heppened to Detroit?

What happened to Detroit?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeUQLMEwUz4

What brought down this once great city? Do you think there is any recovery, or is it beyond the point of not return?

The Union Label and its Democrat Allies

Like the defunct British motorcycle industry, Detroit failed to respond to changing world demand.

The problem for both was lack of vision by the management and the workers, neither of which recognised that they had to adapt or die.

They needed to produce automobiles that people would buy, at a price that people could afford, that were world-class competitive in engineering, styling and efficiency.

oggbashan said:

Like the defunct British motorcycle industry, Detroit failed to respond to changing world demand.

The problem for both was lack of vision by the management and the workers, neither of which recognised that they had to adapt or die.

They needed to produce automobiles that people would buy, at a price that people could afford, that were world-class competitive in engineering, styling and efficiency.

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Right. The comparison to British motorcycles is very good.

I have read that the land surface of Detroit is 30% grassland and that they have a plan to demolish 40,000 homes, Hard to rebound from that.

Also there is a thread up re. a 4 year welfare limit in MI. Grim scene.

Maybe it would be a good time to review a previous thread with these posts:

http://forum.literotica.com/showpost.php?p=37714388&postcount=32

http://forum.literotica.com/showpost.php?p=37712207&postcount=16

http://forum.literotica.com/showpost.php?p=37530038&postcount=17




Welfare mentality. A breed of bloodsuckers.

Thousands of people turned out in Detroit o receive "free" taxpayer money for nothing.
Fights and chaos were reported by the local media.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfGLB8LO1aM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV2ngvYI_ZU&feature=fvw





49 Years Of Leftist Policies: Detroit In Ruins


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hhJ_49leBw&feature=player_embedded



Comedian Steven Crowder gives a shocking overview of what 49 years of leftists policies can do to a formerly booming American city.


Detroit used to be a productive, vibrant city. It used to have the highest median household income in the country. Then, along came the government. Starting in 1961 with the Model Cities Program, and proceeding through several decades of Democrat governance, Detroit is now the perfect example of the destructive and devastating consequences of federal interference in state policy.

Detroit is a prime example of what happens when a state succumbs to the allure of federal dollars. What appears to be a free lunch rapidly turns into a state totally dependent on the federal government, forced to enact ruinous social policies that benefit only select groups of politically connected charlatans.

Largely as a result of federal regulations and union policies, Detroit now has the lowest graduation rates in the country and the highest unemployment and crime rates in the nation. In essence, Detroit is a microcosm of what happens to the golden goose when the federal government takes over.

After decades of unchecked feel-good policies that focus on social justice while penalizing merit, Detroit is dead. The leftist policies of redistributive income, crony capitalism and pro-union regulations have resulted in a third-world city smack dab in America’s heartland.

Considering that these failed policies are the exact same policies Obama and friends are now foisting on America at large, one has to wonder if the leftists Democrats in charge today are merely stupid or are actively seeking to bring America down to the level of a third world country.

After watching this video, I believe its the latter.


Keep America from going the way of Detroit... put a Liberal out of office.





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oggbashan said:

They needed to produce automobiles that people would buy, at a price that people could afford, that were world-class competitive in engineering, styling and efficiency.

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But . . . we've got plenty of those! Look around! Toyota, Nissan, Honda, Hyundai, Subaru . . .

KingOrfeo said:

But . . . we've got plenty of those! Look around! Toyota, Nissan, Honda, Hyundai, Subaru . . .

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Exactly. Were they designed and built in Detroit?

Motorcycles on British Roads: Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki, Harley-Davidson (every balding UK man with middle age spread has to have one) and we import Royal Enfield motorcycles from India. The only UK motorcycle success story is Triumph but they had to build a new factory with new workers and take six years development before they made one.

British cars: Morgan (1930s chassis traditionally made in small numbers); Caterham (1960s design); Bristol (US engines) and all those produce in penny numbers. Even Rolls-Royce and Bentley are foreign owned.

oggbashan said:

Exactly. Were they designed and built in Detroit?

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Kentucky

Frisco_Slug_Esq said:

The Union Label and its Democrat Allies

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Ding ding winnar!!!