Detroit: A Mixture of Water and Socialism

[JoeB131]

"I see all the shit that goes down"....OK, Provide some believable examples.
"thankless, soul-sucking work"......Then WHY are you doing it? Not only do you despise the people for whom you work, you hate your job? Please show me the logic

Depends which part of the work you are talking about.

The part where I solve problems, make things happen, get product out the door on a deadline, come up with better ways of doing things- Those things are awesome.

Dealing with all the office politics bullshit, the lies, the egos larger than life... meh, not so much.

 

[JoeB131]

"Reasonable expectation"...Do you think that it is reasonable for an insurance policy to come without limits?

Every country that has socialized medicine spends half what we do and get far better results. and I would love to "Limit" Ed Hanaway's 100 million dollar retirement package. But oddly, no one ever considers that a "limit".

Where you get the idea that there is a pie?
And without those wealthy people who build businesses and create jobs, do you have somewhere to go to work?
And in the alternative, why not just start your own business? This way, you get to keep the fruits of your labor.
Sound like a plan?

Bullshit. The wealthy don't create jobs.

A wealthy person can build a factory making Shit Sandwiches. and, yeah, I guess he could provide the "Capital", but the fact is, there isn't going to be a demand for Shit Sandwiches.

No, what creates jobs is consumer demand. What creates consumer demand is people having good paying jobs.

 

[JoeB131]

Once filtered through the prism of your self-absorption, it becomes clear that, outside of your personal life story....nothing else is true.

Of course, once that becomes evident, the old axiom comes to mind:

"The 13th chime of a clock, not only does it make no sense, but it calls into question the validity of the 12 chimes that preceded it."'

IN 2000, the worst thing I had to worry about was whether the PResident lied about a BLOW JOB.

IN 2008, we had wars, recessions, economic collapse, underwater mortgages (figuratively) and underwater cities (literally) because Bush was just a supreme fuckup.

And you are right. If I were a better person, I'd have cared about these things before this guys CRIMINAL INCOMPETENCE started messing up my life instead of other people's.

 

[PoliticalChic]

Question was, shut off water to those who won't pay their water bill....

"DETROIT (Reuters) - U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes ruled on Monday that Detroit can continue shutting off water service to non-paying customers, saying his court does not have jurisdiction over the issue and that suspending disconnections for six months could hurt the city's finances.

"Detroit cannot afford any revenue slippages," the judge said, before resuming his ongoing hearing on Detroit's plan to exit the biggest-ever municipal bankruptcy.

....Detroit began what some witnesses last week described as an "aggressive campaign" to pare down $90 million in overdue bills.

Mayor Mike Duggan in August issued a month-long moratorium on shutoffs and implemented a plan to help low-income customers pay their bills that Rhodes called "bold, commendable and necessarily aggressive."

Without collecting on delinquent bill payers, the department would have to increase charges....."
U.S. bankruptcy judge allows Detroit water shutoffs to continue - Yahoo News

 

[Mad_Cabbie]

For those of us who don't read Forbes, the 1980's were a pretty miserable time.

Sorry.

I know this breaks your heart, but Reagan probably damaged this country beyond repair by being wrong about everything.

For folks like you - it's allways a pretty miserable time isn't it ? You're just miserable little people who can't make it in the real world .

I know it breaks your heart , but Clinton and Bush Sr. rode the wave of prosperity created by Reaganomics - Obama is working overtime [When he's not on vacation] to detroy it beyond repair.

What? Republicans don't do that with every good report that comes out about jobs or the economy?

You have no clue sometimes - berating a poster with personal attacks because you lack an argument, does not make someone else a "miserable little person."