i mean, is there a clear path here? i don t know and steve s far more knowledgeable about this than i am the legal and economic ramifications, but, you know, i think that a farsighted government that understands that, you know, cities today have the great potential to be economic platforms to create a place where young people and particularly knowledge workers want to gather. there s no reason at a time when other parts of the state of michigan are thriving and getting this right, taking advantage of the new manufacturing revolution, that detroit, you know, cannot be fixed. steve. i agree with tom in principle, but i think we have to recognize a couple things. the hold detroit is in is vast and deep where they have these $18 billion of liabilities. bankruptcy really was their only option. there s going to have to be a lot of pain. the problem you have, without getting technical about it, is that the ways they have of reducing these liabilities put 8 80% of the costs onto the
steve spp there s one other small element not small but tangenti tangential. we ve talked guys talk a lot on the show the last few days about the president s speech about trayvon martin and about the need to be more inclusive and make sure that prosperity is more fair more shared. detroit is an 83% african-american city. and if we want to do something to help a group of our fellow citizens who have had a really tough time, detroit would be a good place to start. mika, if i could wish one thing for detroit, would be that google, apple, microsoft would announce tomorrow that they re going to make investments in the inner city there, that the university of michigan would open up an engineering, a science and technology facility. those kinds of moves again, this is not a cure-all. it s not instant, but that s how you start to bring a city back. you know, i was wondering, thomas, quickly, you know, with the twinkie story, they basically broke the union here. the benefits are g
never touched it. he never answered the question. china when the president said you re the last guy to get tough on china. mitt romney didn t say anything. and not only that, but i want to see this binder of qualified women that he was carting around. that s the what do you mean by that? where do you think the binder is? that s the hottest phrase on twitter right now. you ask the guy let s go to steve schmidt. describe this, steve spp it a picture book? what is this binder of women? it sounds like bondage. what is this binder of women? what do you make of that phrase? you all love that binder, huh? he no, look. you know, i don t think that that was his most articulate moment in the debate.
president hit on whether it was pay equity or the arizona immigration law. or china. romney never touched pay equity. never touched it. he never answered the question. china when the president said you re the last guy to get tough on china. mitt romney didn t say anything. and not only that, but i want to see this binder of qualified women that he was carting around. that s the what do you mean by that? where do you think the binder is? that s the hottest phrase on twitter right now. you ask the guy let s go to steve schmidt. describe this, steve spp it a picture book? what is this binder of women? it sounds like bondage. what is this binder of women? what do you make of that phrase? you all love that binder, huh? he no, look.
pay equity or the arizona immigration law. or china. romney never touched pay equity. never touched it. he never answered the question. china when the president said you re the last guy to get tough on china. mitt romney didn t say anything. and not only that, but i want to see this binder of qualified women that he was carting around. that s the what do you mean by that? where do you think the binder is? that s the hottest phrase on twitter right now. you ask the guy let s go to steve schmidt. describe this, steve spp it a picture book? what is this binder of women? it sounds like bondage. what is this binder of women? what do you make of that phrase? you all love that binder, huh? he no, look. you know, i don t think that that was his most articulate