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Offline flowers

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Detroit cuts off water for families - and hopes for future
« on: September 21, 2014, 06:43:59 pm »
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-29185710

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For months, thousands of families in Detroit have been living without water.

It is not because of natural disaster, but because of a controversial decision by the city to enforce bans for those who do not pay their bills.

But the plight of those without water - already among the poorest residents of any major city in America - is getting national and even international attention from human rights groups.

"It was early in the morning and I was making coffee when I saw the water truck and I ran outside," says Valerie Blakely.

She says she sat crying and shouting in front of her home as she witnessed what followed.

"He pulled [up] across the street and shut off my neighbour," she points down her road in North End in Detroit.


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Re: Detroit cuts off water for families - and hopes for future
« Reply #1 on: September 21, 2014, 06:45:48 pm »
I see this in the BBC, anyone see this in our media?


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Re: Detroit cuts off water for families - and hopes for future
« Reply #2 on: September 21, 2014, 06:48:08 pm »
Detroit is the poster city for the left.

Nice work, Dems.
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Re: Detroit cuts off water for families - and hopes for future
« Reply #3 on: September 21, 2014, 07:30:57 pm »
US history is replete with examples of "boom towns" which eventually go bust or into "ghost towns."

Mining is just one example. Gold mining booms in California, Colorado, Silver mining booms in Colorado, Nevada, etc.

When the bonanza ended, folks left because necessity dictated they do so to survive.

Building huge volumes of vehicles was bound to "play out" eventually. The companies took far too long to improve both designs and quality.

The workers were not highly skilled, and the companies had financial incentives to take work to lower cost regions.

The other "rich vein" that played out was the overpaid union situation.

Once upon a time the human species was smart enough to move on. Get out of the way of disaster.

http://www.legendsofamerica.com/gt-hiddentales.html

Them folks in Detroit could move to a present day boomtown, like those in oil production:

http://business.financialpost.com/2012/07/24/drilling-for-growth-the-u-s-s-top-ten-oil-boomtowns/?__lsa=58da-7452

Then they would have to work. Detroit is a long term study in "survival of the fittest" for individuals and institutions.
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