the towns where the state uprooted the democracy, they are not fixed. last week a guest on our show, the reverend david bollack of detroit made a counterproposal. if you want to help detroit, flint, benton harbor, saginaw, if you want to help the cities in michigan, let s deal with foreclosure. 90,000 foreclosures in the city of detroit. that s 90,000 forced evictions in the last three years. so if you look at 300,000 people leaving one city, you re seeing the tax base leave. this city is not in financial strain because of mismanagement, because people are incompetent. that is not the right analysis. we have to deal with foreclosure, insurance redlining. and so what the state should be doing is helping to the federal government, county government and state government to reinvest in these cities. we michigan is a manufacturing state. really, really a one-industry state. so as the automotive industry, we saw manufacturing meltdown. we saw plants go from michigan to mexico. that s t
part of the problem. get rid of democracy they say then fix the town. the towns where the state uprooted the democracy, they are not fixed. last week a guest on our show, the reverend david bollack of detroit made a counterproposal. if you want to help detroit, flint, benton harbor, saginaw, if you want to help the cities in michigan, let s deal with foreclosure. 90,000 foreclosures in the city of detroit. that s 90,000 forced evictions in the last three years. so if you look at 300,000 people leaving one city, you re seeing the tax base leave. this city is not in financial strain because of mismanagement, because people are incompetent. that is not the right analysis. we have to deal with foreclosure, insurance redlining. and so what the state should be doing is helping to the federal government, county government and state government to reinvest in these cities. we michigan is a manufacturing state. really, really a one-industry state. so as the automotive industry,
get rid of democracy and then you can fix a town. these towns that the state s have been taking over, the towns are not fixed. last week a a guest on our show made a counterproposal. if you want to help detroit, flint, saginaw, you want to help the cities in michigan deal with foreclosure. 90,000 foreclosures in the city of detroit. that s 90,000 forced evictions in three years. you see the tax base leave, so this city is not in financial strain because of mismanagement, because people are incompetent. that is not the right analysis. we have to deal with foreclosure and insurance red lining and so what the state should be doing is helping to the federal government, county government, and state government to reinvest in these cities. michigan is a manufacturing state. really, a one-industry state. so as the automotive industry,
let s deal with foreclosure. 90,000 foreclosures in the city of detroit. 90,000 forced evictions in the last three years. you look at 300,000 people leaving one city, you re seeing the tax base leave. it s not in financial strain because of mismanagement because people are incompetent, not the right analysis. we have to deal with foreclosure, insurance red lining. what the state should be doing is helping to the federal government, county government and state government to reinvest in these cities. michigan is a manufacturing state. really, a one industry state. so, as the automative industry, we saw manufacturing meltdown, saw plants go from michigan to mexico. that s trade policy. this is not incompetence in detroit. down to economic recovery in michigan. it s coming back but not fast enough. we lost over 300,000
you look at 300,000 people leaving one city, you re seeing the tax base leave. it s not in financial strain because of mismanagement because people are incompetent, not the right analysis. we have to deal with foreclosure, insurance red lining. what the state should be doing is helping to the federal government, county government and state government to reinvest in these cities. michigan is a manufacturing state. really, a one industry state. so, as the automative industry, we saw manufacturing meltdown, saw plants go from michigan to mexico. that s trade policy. this is not incompetence in detroit. down to economic recovery in michigan. it s coming back but not fast enough. we lost over 300,000 manufacturing jobs. if 50,000 or 100,000 come back, you ve still got a minus and you still have to deal with the 90,000 vacant lots and vacant homes in the city of detroit, insurance red lining and foreclosure. we ve been saying this all