Detroit should have gone "cold turkey"

[Honky Tonk]

free enterprise relocated factories thousands of miles away- so went the jobs. Yay capitalism.

AND the tax revenues. But let's increase mine, and tax retirees, so people can have free water and housing, and TGG can get a free bus ride.

[Scottathew]

AND the tax revenues. But let's increase mine, and tax retirees, so people can have free water and housing, and TGG can get a free bus ride.

Exactly what I was thinking while reading the article. Although, I don't think wholly subsidizing mass transit would be a bad idea. It might be much less expensive than funding road improvements.