Quote Originally Posted by Wesley Mouch View Post
Locky, where is anyone 'ignoring hardship or extenuating circumstances'. Seems like everyone is doing everything they can to deal with a bad situation where vows were made by people who didn't follow through.

And I don't see how this is the 'easy way out'. I'd hate to see the hard way.
Clearly you have misunderstood my post, which was in response to a post that implied that my argument for integrity ignores the fact that Detroit needs services [[police, fire, etc.) badly. I was just responding that my attempt to have integrity and ask others to do the same does not prevent me from acknowledging the occasions when it becomes absolutely necessary to break a vow.

But in rereading it I can see how you might have thought I was accusing others of ignoring hardship, etc.

And the more I learn about Chapter 9 the more I see it is the easy way out. Municipalities have nothing to lose and everything to gain with Chapter 9. Well maybe they lose good bond ratings but Detroit didn't have good ratings anyway - so - nothing to lose.