Quote Originally Posted by mwilbert View Post
Why anyone thinks the rest of the US would favor a special tax status for Detroit is hard for me to grasp.
Totally valid. The only reason I bothered to comment on this idea initially is that it was put forward by Newt Gingrich at the annual Mackinac Conference, or whatever that forum is called.

No, I'm not counting on it, either. But you could argue for domestic aid, and that this is a way that encourages private enterprise and so on while circumventing graft.