pay the debts. reporter: it s extremely rare for a large municipality to go bully belly up and laws m it difficult for cities to file for bankruptcy known as chapter 9, but the downturn has more considering the worst-case scenario from jefferson county, alabama, to detroit, san diego and even los angeles. the economy is not getting better. we have high unemployment and the dollar is weak. the government spends way too much money at the federal level and the state level. the federal government is funneling tons of money in the state to keep them afloat which in turn gives it to local government. with i ll see more of this. reporter: the new mayor of harrisburg inherited the debt and said she is considering other options first, including downsizing government, raising taxes or selling assets including parking garagarages. this is a very complex issue. we didn t get here overnight and we re not going to be able to solve it overnight. reporter: debariclareing bankruptcy is consid
pay the debts. reporter: it s extremely rare for a large municipality to go bully belly up and laws m it difficult for cities to file for bankruptcy known as chapter 9, but the downturn has more considering the worst-case scenario from jefferson county, alabama, to detroit, san diego and even los angeles. the economy is not getting better. we have high unemployment and the dollar is weak. the government spends way too much money at the federal level and the state level. the federal government is funneling tons of money in the state to keep them afloat which in turn gives it to local government. with i ll see more of this. reporter: the new mayor of harrisburg inherited the debt and said she is considering other options first, including downsizing government, raising taxes or selling assets including parking garagarages. this is a very complex issue. we didn t get here overnight and we re not going to be able to solve it overnight. reporter: debariclareing