A CONSERVATIVE DREAM -- DESTROY UNIONS AND THE POOR Make no mistake if we had a Democratic Governor was elected in Michigan we would not be seeing the Fascism now taking place at the hands of Fascist Governor Snyder. From the Article: But there’s a more basic story here, and it’s being replicated across America: Americans are segregating by income more than ever before. Forty years ago, most cities (including Detroit) had a mixture of wealthy, middle-class, and poor residents. Now, each income group tends to lives separately, in its own city — with its own tax bases and philanthropies that support, at one extreme, excellent schools, resplendent parks, rapid-response security, efficient transportation, and other first-rate services; or, at the opposite extreme, terrible schools, dilapidated parks, high crime, and third-rate services. The geo-political divide has become so palpable that being wealthy in America today means not having to come across anyone who isn’t. It’s roughly analogous to a Wall Street bank drawing a boundary around its bad assets, selling them off at a fire-sale price, and writing off the loss. Only here we’re dealing with human beings rather than financial capital. And the upcoming fire sale will likely result in even worse municipal services, lousier schools, and more crime for those left behind in the city of Detroit. In an era of widening inequality, this is how wealthier Americans are quietly writing off the poor.
Posted on: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 04:18:14 +0000
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