Let the Record show that Gunner Asch on or
about Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:05:07 -0800 did write/type or cause to
appear in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:16:00 -0500, lid wrote:

Here's a little video on the Detroit situation and it sure isn't
pretty.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=05f_1261404860

Dave


Sigh...not pretty indeed. Americas heartland...with a large rotting
hole in the middle of it.

And the hole is growing...larger and larger....

Interesting article in the Wall Street Journal last week. The
new mayor is a businessman, and former NBA star. As a kid, he got a
nail in the eye, they said it would adversely effect his depth
perception. So he went on to be the number 2 draft choice. And then
got clonked in the head during a game, and they told him there was a
risk of a detached retina - so seven years later he hung up his
jersey.
Took some of his money and bought into a steel mill. just in time
for the great steel recession of 1980.

So, he's looking at the fact that Detroit is going to have to cut
costs, and that means telling the Unions "You have a choice: 90
percent of what you're now getting, or after the bankruptcy, we start
negotiations from zero."
I think he's serious. Like, how much worse off would he (and
Detroit) be?


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