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Hang onto your wallet and guns in Detroit

Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2013 7:26 pm
by ruger22
Just heard about Detroit filing bankruptcy today, the largest city to ever do so. They will liquidate city assets to pay creditors, maybe including the municipal retirement plan. That's terrible.

In a clip of the mayor's speech, he cited a failure to provide even basic services, and stated that average police response time was now 58 minutes. Just what the bad guys like to hear.

Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2013 8:23 pm
by Bullseye
They currently have a lot of vacant land they could liquidate for debt payments. The problem is who would want to buy it?

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Bullseye

Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2013 8:41 pm
by greener
Detroit city has been going downhill for a long time. They probably should have done this a long time ago. I'm not sure there is $18 billion worth of city property so the retiree's, bond holders and those owed money by the city are going to take big losses.

Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2013 9:54 pm
by perazzi
Bullseye wrote:They currently have a lot of vacant land they could liquidate for debt payments. The problem is who would want to buy it?

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Bullseye
looks like Dan Gilbert..



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