the choice to default on some of that debt and all the while is making brutally difficult triage decisions on which spending to cut. it s led detroit mayor david bing to cut city spending by $172 million a year since taking office in 2009. the less the city spends on basic services, the less people want to live in detroit. the city s population has dropped by 5% since 2000. around 30% of detroit is vacant. the empty properties occupy an area nearly the size of san francisco. according to the washington post, property tax collections are down 20% in the last 50 years. the more the tax base shrink, the less revenue the city has. the revenue, services, and the more people leave. today the the new york times had a really eye opening front-page story about what all this means in real terms for the people of detroit. and let s remember there are still 700,000 people living there. people in detroit can no longer count on even the most basic of
0 better than mitch mcconnell s political stunts. a pillar of american justice is if you don t have a remedy then you don t have meaningful rights. our republican colleagues treat labor rights as toxic. they re wrong. if you don t have a remedy, you don t have meaningful rights. supreme court of labor law, the nlrb has been inoperable for a year and a half. it s really astounding. i mean, think about just turning off the supreme court for a year and a half. all those big decisions that came down the last few weeks, all the consequences for people seeking redress, gone, shuttered. there are real consequences the nlrb. it oversees all kinds of cases. if your boss illegally withholds wages or benefits, if your boss fires you for a facebook post about safety or salary in the workplace, fires for you trying to organize fellow workers, all those disputes would work their way through to the nlrb. there are a wide range of actions both by you and your boss which come under the vote. unti
0 company s actions violated labor law. but that decision was issued by a board with recess appointees. and the d.c. court has cast all of those decisions, all of them issued by the board that featured those recess appointees who were only appointed because republicans refused to confirm anyone else. the d.c. court has cast all of those into legal limbo, meaning kathleen and millions of other workers are out of luck. joining me now is congresswoman linda sanchez, democrat from california. and larry cohen, president of communications workers of america. congresswoman, i ll begin with you. why did you send this letter today in why did you hold this press conference? what is different now? is this a breaking point? we ve just seen an incredible lack of cooperation between the republicans and the white house. and this is just the prime example of how they are hurting american workers and american families by obstructing the normal business of our government. and i think this can t be all
0 good evening, from new york. i m chris hayes. thank you for joining us. and tonight, on all in , the republicans all-out war on abortion rights is raging on, spreading to statehouses across the country and each fight seems dirtier than the last. we will take you to texas and north carolina. also, an american city, a great iconic truly american city is tonight on the verge of total financial collapse. what can be done for the city of detroit? plus, tonight, we will introduce you, and this is really a fun one, to the southern avenger. a wild and wacky character who thinks poor john wilkes booth was misunderstood and happens to work for a united states senator. that is coming up. first tonight, democrats have said enough and are calling attention to one of the most outrageous acts of gop obstructionism which is, of course, saying a lot given the issued by the board that featured those recess appointees who were only appointed because republicans refused to confirm anyone else. t
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