An Autopsy of Liberal America

[Charlie Echo]

Detroit has become something of an American punch line, hasn’t it?

But it bears the question: How did one of the most affluent cities in the country become what it is today?

I mean, I’m talking about the city that brought you the Model T… chrome fenders… and big-block V-8 engine, just to name a few.

I’m talking about the city that once defined what it means to have a thriving industry… a city that boasted one of the highest median incomes in the nation.

Today, it’s home to some of the countries most shameful income levels, crime rates, unemployment numbers and education rankings.

In fact, a student in Detroit is statistically more likely to wind up in prison than graduating from high school.

To put it bluntly, Detroit sucks. And the reason why is simple.

You see, Detroit has literally been a laboratory for leftist policies for the last 50 years. It’s their “Model City.” Their ideological Utopia.

Yet, not even one year after Obama deemed Detroit “saved,” the city has officially declared bankruptcy.

And the toxic liberal governance that caused a once-great city to go belly up is being applied to America, as an entire nation, right now…

Liberal Economics Extortion

On October 13^th 2012, with roughly one month to go ‘til campaign season was over, Barack Obama sat down in front of a video camera and gave his weekly address.

In it, he said something that didn’t really seem to add up, but hey… the president said it, so it has to be true, right?

Wrong.

He claimed, “We refused to throw in the towel and do nothing. We refused to let Detroit go bankrupt. We bet on American workers and American ingenuity, and three years later, that bet is paying off in a big way.”

Well, On July 19^th 2013, not even one year later, Detroit publicly announced its state of financial ruin by filing the largest municipal bankruptcy in United States history.

According to Detroit’s Emergency Financial Manager, Kevyn Orr, the city’s debt totals an astounding $18 billion.

The reason? Liberal economics.

Liberal economics has been running rampant in Detroit for over 50 years. An extremely long and ugly chapter out of the progressive playbook…

Think of how much Obama has promised the nation, and how every time he’s guaranteed that not one penny will be added to the deficit. Well, we free thinking individuals can’t help but ask: How the heck are you going to pay for all those handouts?

Detroit has been the beneficiary of every single government handout and program known to man. It’s literally the city of entitlements. And because of that, it’s paid a heavy price.

Amazingly, though, in spite of these demoralizing realities, the city remains hitched to the Democratic Party wagon. In the 2012 election, Barack Obama received 98% of the vote, while other Democratic candidates won by a landslide too…

Compassionate Crooked Politicians

Liberal politicians pride themselves on their “for the greater good” approach to politics. And people eat that garbage up…

It’s sickening really.

Leftist politicians always tout their policies as the end-all solution to helping the poor, giving their “fellow man” a leg up, and spreading equal prosperity to all.

Well, in the 1960s that theory and those policies were put to the ultimate test…

President Lyndon B Johnson established the “Model Cities” program, where select cities were used as federal petri dishes. It was an effort to see what type of environment would evolve from extreme progressive agenda.

Johnson dumped $490 million federal dollars into the Detroit project alone… a project that spanned a nine-mile radius and was inhabited by 130,000 citizens.

It was considered to be the first great step towards exemplary urban planning. Their “model city” was meant to be a blueprint for the rest of the country to follow.

Instead, what evolved was a state dependent on government handouts. In fact, it was the furthest thing from what anyone would consider a model city.

The program, along with the corrupt leftist politicians and bureaucrats running it, robbed Detroit of the American Dream by taking everything away from the people and granting total authority to the government.

Considering the quality of leaders running the city, its descent into ruination shouldn’t come as a surprise. Leadership that’s been strictly Democratic for over 50 years, mind you.

 

Consistent scandal… Partisan branded racism… Sound familiar?

But the corrupt politicians weren’t the only causes for Detroit’s demise…

Union Power Profiteering

Of course, Liberal politicians aren’t the only ones flexing their power… the people laying in bed with them are too. Those people collectively form the Unions…And when it comes to unions, it doesn’t get any more despicable and corrupt than Detroit’s factory and teacher unions.

The teacher unions are responsible for one of the most degenerate school systems in the nation. And it certainly has nothing to do with a lack of funding…

Detroit receives roughly $12,000 per student compared to the national average of $9,600. Yet Detroit students face a graduation rate of 25% — making it statistically more likely for a child in Detroit to end up in prison versus graduating from high school.

You have to ask yourself… how has the mighty teachers union failed the students so dramatically?

The truth of the matter is, not only do they pad their pockets with federal funding, but they’ve also consistently refused to bend on several policies that would benefit the students.

Policies like merit based pay, increased student to teacher ratios and incentivized teacher programs. Even the School Choice program that’s seen tremendous success all over the nation has been rejected.

Worse still is the United Auto Workers Union (UAW). Through dangerously irresponsible mismanagement, they too have contributed to Detroit’s decay.

You see, the UAW doesn’t know the meaning of “concessions.”

Fully aware of the fact that the Big 3 would inevitably have to file for bankruptcy, the UAW still made sure that they received the following:

• 7 weeks paid vacation each year
• Maintained job banks (Where fired UAW employees go to receive weekly paychecks while… you guessed it…not working)
• Maintained $74/hour salary with benefits (Especially exorbitant when compared to the $42/hour for a comparable Japanese automaker… or even $26/hour in the private sector)
• First rank medical coverage (covering all surgeries including cosmetic like Lasik eye surgery)

That translates to you, the car buyer, having to pay an addition $1,200 for employee benefits!

Now that’s made in the good ‘ol liberal U.S. of A.

The average UAW employee was making $130,000/year in salary and benefits. GM alone was shoveling out over $100 billion in retiree healthcare costs in the last 15 years.

So while most of us had to make concessions in tough economic times, the liberal unions didn’t even take it into consideration… even with inevitable bankruptcy right around the corner. They know they can just count on the federal government to bail them out…And why not? The unions play a major part in getting them elected.

Now Look at the Current Administration…

Look at the promises they’ve made… the handouts they’ve either already given or guaranteed will come – Obama phones, Obama cars, Obamacare…

They’re identical to the promises and the handouts in Detroit over the last 50 years.

Detroit is a replica of the exact policies the current administration sees as the perfect Utopia for America.

DETROIT!

When you continue to remove the free market principles that have always made this nation great… when you continue to create an entirely dependent society…what you get is Detroit. And that’s what America will look like in a very short matter of time.

Come election season, make sure you use Detroit, the liberal model for all cities, as an example of why the progressive agenda is toxic for America.

Fight as hard as you can to prevent our nation from becoming “Model America.”

Your eyes on the Hill,

[Markinsa]

Thanks for the article C.E.

 

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[DinarMillionaire]

Very well written and oh, so true.

[pattyangel]

Hey Mark and DinarMillionaire, the neg-ger was out and branded you.  Cleaned you up guys.  Good to go. 

Thanks Charlie Echo. 

[bigwave]

I would like hamme to post on this thread so I can get a clearer picture of what's really going on.

[Markinsa]

Hey Mark and DinarMillionaire, the neg-ger was out and branded you.  Cleaned you up guys.  Good to go. 

Thanks Charlie Echo. 

 

They can neg me all the want as long as they read my tagline.

 

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[dog53]

R.I.P MOETOWN

I had a gas 

Its a shame a real shame 

the tigers , lions , pistons , redwings

nugent, MC5, bob seger

Glad I got to watch

Your home boy

Dog