Quote Originally Posted by Detroitnerd View Post
Sure they are. It's because their residents are residents of last resort: The poorest, the least civically engaged, the most malnourished and traumatized. I suppose they should all just get a house in Commerce Township, yes?
I'm not saying Detroit shouldn't have an income tax; they probably don't have a choice given fiscal constraints.

But I believe the existence of the income tax is a significant impediment to population and job growth. The fact that certain other cities have some less-than-popular taxes doesn't mean they're equally affected, since those other cities tend to be very competitive with their suburbs.