Tag: Detroit

Leaving America in the Dust

Debbie Young - January 23, 2026

Futureproof vs Stupid At the Manhattan Contrarian, Francis Menton talks of the rapid decline in sales in the EV market. Overall, he writes, “the EV...

Detroit: Hong Kong U.S.A.

E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy - January 13, 2014

If Detroit were given the tools it needs to re-build it could be the next Hong Kong. Here Senior Cato Fellow lays it out...

Kickin’ Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s Can Down the Road

Richard C. Young - January 8, 2014

The radical progressive Chicago mayor is an opponent of Second Amendment rights. The citizens of Chicago are under as much live fire as are...

Detroit Shock-wave Hurting Other Michigan Munis

E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy - August 8, 2013

Genesee County, Michigan was forced to pull a recent bond offering when lenders weren't willing to lower the interest rates they were demanding. It's...

Dump the Unions

E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy - July 29, 2013

The first step in getting Detroit out of this mess is to dump the unions. But as the Wall Street Journal's Review & Outlook points...

How to Make $5 Million Dollars

E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy - July 29, 2013

As the Taxpayers United of America points out many pensioners in Chicago are on track to collect more than $5 million dollars in lifetime...

The Man Behind the Destruction of Detroit

E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy - July 29, 2013

Detroit’s bankruptcy began during the 20-year (1974-1994) tenure of Mayor of Detroit Coleman Young. As the Wall Street Journal’s Steve Malanga explains: Today, Detroit sits...

Sell the Howdy Doody Puppet

E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy - July 26, 2013

One step towards solvency in Detroit is to sell its assets including those at the Institute of Art. It's called bankruptcy. As John Fund...

Paul Krugman Wrong Again

E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy - July 25, 2013

Paul Krugman, writing in the Sunday New York Times about Detroit's bankruptcy, explains that trillion dollar pension deficits aren't a problem because they're not...

Detroit: Why States Will Secede from the Union

E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy - July 25, 2013

Bankruptcy expert David Skeel makes the case that federal bankruptcy has precedent over state law. Skeel isn't suggesting a federal bailout, but isn't that...

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