On 7/31/2013 9:11 AM, Oren wrote:
On Tue, 30 Jul 2013 17:42:35 -0400, Kurt Ullman
wrote:

The Motor City was home to 1.9 million people in 1950, at the time
nearly identical in size to Los Angeles. Today, 700,000 inhabit Detroit,
or less than a fifth the size of L.A.

Smart people left when the taxes got so ridiculous and because of the
progressive liberal social polices.

I've seen one report that says that only 10% of pensions are funded
into the future.

Tax and Spend - see where it got them...


That is one of the problems, but the decreasing population is another.
It still costs the same to plow the snow with 700,000 people as it did
for the 1.9 million. Same with street lights and many other services.

You can cut the number of teachers in the schools (but did they?), but
you still have to heat the building.

Meantime, I doubt the population will ever come back near the old levels
so costs must be cut.