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Home Front: Politix
5 Ways Liberalism Destroyed Detroit
2013-07-31
"A few years ago, the nonpartisan Bay Area Center for Voting Research rated Detroit as the most liberal city in America." -- Michael Tanner

Detroit was once one of the world's great cities. It was the 4th largest metropolis in America, jobs were plentiful because of the auto industry, and Motown even kept it on the cutting edge musically.

Unfortunately, from 1962 until the present day, the mayor of Detroit has been a Democrat.

The result?

Detroit's population has dropped from 1.8 million to just over 700,000, the unemployment rate is over 50% if you count the people who've given up on finding jobs, property values have dropped so much you can buy homes in the crime-ridden city for $500, and Detroit has gone bankrupt.
How to "Flip" a house in Detroit:
1. Buy it
2. Insure it
3. Burn it
How did Democrats kill one of the most prosperous cities in America? With the same sort of unfettered liberalism that Democrats like Barack Obama, Harry Reid, and Nancy Pelosi want to foist on the rest of the nation.
Posted by:GolfBravoUSMC

#9  I believe they call these houses 'contractor's specials'...
Posted by: Raj   2013-07-31 19:26  

#8  I remember reading the Detroit papers in 1984 and they had a special section with government owned houses for sales, thousands of them and the average price was $20.00...Then I flew over the area for a look...seemed lovely at first, heavily treed...but a closer look showed a third of the houses burned out with another third with part of the roof collapsed. So that crap has been a long time coming....nobody can insure anything not only in Detroit but in all these neighborhoods peopled by that nation of blood sucking parasites!
Posted by: Bob Snore6814   2013-07-31 19:14  

#7  But just think - you would own the land!

I'm betting the property value for taxes haven't been re-accessed for a decade or so either.....
Posted by: CrazyFool   2013-07-31 14:22  

#6  Yeah, I really want stripped houses with years of taxes due, FU++ Y++.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2013-07-31 14:08  

#5  $1.00 house still available.
Posted by: Besoeker   2013-07-31 12:26  

#4  Article doesn't even mention pensions and other goodies for government employees -- isn't that like 1/6 of Detroit's total debt? Staggering when you think about it.
Posted by: Iblis   2013-07-31 12:01  

#3  How to "Flip" a house in Detroit Atlanta:

1. Buy it
2. Insure it
2.5. Take out a second loan, buy an Escalade.
3. Burn it (or simply walk away from the loans)
Posted by: Besoeker   2013-07-31 11:59  

#2   from 1962 until the present day, the mayor of Detroit has been a Democrat

It didn't really go downhill until after 1974; with the Young regime, Detroit could've been on Lake Tanganyika instead of Lake St.Clair.
Posted by: Pappy   2013-07-31 11:50  

#1  Only five?
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839   2013-07-31 11:33  

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