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2013-07-31 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2013-07-31 10:06|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Only five?

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2013-07-31 11:33|| 2013-07-31 11:33|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2013-07-31 11:50|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2013-07-31 11:59|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2013-07-31 12:01|| Front Page Top

#5 $1.00 house still available.

Posted by Besoeker 2013-07-31 12:26|| 2013-07-31 12:26|| Front Page Top

#6 Yeah, I really want stripped houses with years of taxes due, FU++ Y++.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2013-07-31 14:08|| 2013-07-31 14:08|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2013-07-31 14:22|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2013-07-31 19:14|| Front Page Top

#9 I believe they call these houses 'contractor's specials'...

Posted by Raj 2013-07-31 19:26|| 2013-07-31 19:26|| Front Page Top

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