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Originally posted by FlyersFan
Unions and left wing give aways destroyed Detroit.
And no ... we shouldn't bail it out. It doesn't deserve to be ....
Originally posted by Xtrozero
Tax the crap out of companies and they will go to another state...
Create unions that pay a guy dumping trash 70 bucks an hour and a company will not be competitive....
Make every other job in the city a "Government job" and there will be no taxes to pay for those jobs, oh and pay 3 times the value of those jobs and you only make things 3 times worst.
Ya these are all Republican ideals... lol
Originally posted by Indigo5
And what do you mean by Detroit being undeserving of help?
Originally posted by Indigo5
Originally posted by FlyersFan
Unions and left wing give aways destroyed Detroit.
And no ... we shouldn't bail it out. It doesn't deserve to be ....
Just curious?...how did Unions destroy Detroit?
Or left wing give aways?
I'd be interested in the economic evidence that either of those things had an impact?
And what do you mean by Detroit being undeserving of help?
right, and if you want the TRUTH, always listen to republicans. they only want to help out the middle class and poor.....geez...I thought everyone knew that.
Originally posted by NOTurTypical
reply to post by jimmyx
The color of people's skin has nothing to do with this. What a racist thing to say. Stupidity transcends all races and nationalities. Marxist Socialist policies and massive depopulation due to high crime and higher taxes is to blame.
Originally posted by Indigo5
Originally posted by FlyersFan
Unions and left wing give aways destroyed Detroit.
And no ... we shouldn't bail it out. It doesn't deserve to be ....
Just curious?...how did Unions destroy Detroit?
Or left wing give aways?
I'd be interested in the economic evidence that either of those things had an impact?
And what do you mean by Detroit being undeserving of help?
Originally posted by FlyersFan
Originally posted by Indigo5
And what do you mean by Detroit being undeserving of help?
They did it to themselves. The rest of the country shouldn't have to bail out stupidity and greed.
The unions made their beds .. now let them sleep in them.
(and yes, unions in Detroit are left wing)
Originally posted by Indigo5
Originally posted by FlyersFan
Unions and left wing give aways destroyed Detroit.
And no ... we shouldn't bail it out. It doesn't deserve to be ....
Just curious?...how did Unions destroy Detroit?
Or left wing give aways?
I'd be interested in the economic evidence that either of those things had an impact?
And what do you mean by Detroit being undeserving of help?
Originally posted by NOTurTypical
reply to post by jimmyx
right, and if you want the TRUTH, always listen to republicans. they only want to help out the middle class and poor.....geez...I thought everyone knew that.
Yes we do. We just have an alternate plan besides taking money person A earned and handing it to person B who didn't earn it. That's immoral and punishes person A for hard work and it's unsustainable.
Originally posted by jimmyx
all of us citizens need to be competitive with Chinas wages. if we can just get American people to accept those non-union jobs like they have in china, we would be a lot better off.
www.bls.gov...
Originally posted by NOTurTypical
Marxist Socialist policies and massive depopulation due to high crime and higher taxes is to blame.
Originally posted by Wrabbit2000
Republicans didn't cause Detroit. Democrats didn't cause Detroit. POLITICS caused Detroit's implosion and Politics has both a left and a right side, at all times. It took all and both sides of them to pull off the conversion of one of America's powerhouses of manufacturing into Beirut in the North.
Whatever decisions either side made at whatever points over the many, many years it took to do this terrible thing to that city, EITHER side could have grown a pair and stood up to STOP it. Neither side did or cared enough to try beyond token effort to brag on come election day. Meanwhile, a city has crumbled and collapsed.
Bickering, Partisan fighting and general overall B.S. caused Detroit and it's in various stages of it across many many other cities as we sit here. We're just going to let it happen again and again, too.
Originally posted by NOTurTypical
The public government unions, not the private unions. Retired bus drivers receive 100K per year on pension for example.
Art Vardiman, 62, a retired bus driver, said he lives on a pension of less than $2,000 a month
....
Vardiman, whose wife died in 2007, views his retirement benefits as due recompense for 32 years of work.
Originally posted by NOTurTypical
reply to post by jimmyx
Jesus was against theft. And I never said I was against wilful charitable donations. I'm against redistribution of wealth. That's legalized theft. And maybe you should open a Bible, Jesus condemned numerous immoralities.
Originally posted by NOTurTypical
reply to post by jimmyx
Jesus was against theft. And I never said I was against wilful charitable donations. I'm against redistribution of wealth. That's legalized theft. And maybe you should open a Bible, Jesus condemned numerous immoralities.
James 2:9 But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
Matthew 7:12 "Therefore, however you want people to treat you, so treat them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.