Quote Originally Posted by dtowncitylover View Post
You don't need wealthy residents, you need critical mass of thousands and thousands [[probably over 100,000) more middle class residents who will pay their taxes.

We also need to boost training programs and job access to current Detroiters so they can pay taxes and invest in their community. Jobs, jobs, jobs!

With all due respect dtowncitylover but you have a big contradiction going on there. "don't need wealthy residents" but want "jobs, jobs, jobs!" ???

Be real and look at America as it exist. Wealthy people start businesses and find opportunities where they live!

The financially secure are the ones that will be providing those jobs. You don't have to like them but wealth is a neccessary component in America for economic success.

If you throw up barriers to keep the wealth out so there is little in Detroit it will continue to get fucked. Like it or not those people have political power that's bought and paid for and if they don't have skin in the game then the railroading goes on endlessly.

You can be a fan of socialism fine but any thinking that it will work in Detroit USA is just foolhardy. The system is what it is and Detroit has to compete just like every city in America.

Detroit needs to play the Goddamn game the way it runs instead of sitting on the sidelines waiting for a new game to come along that frankly will not in any of our lifetimes.