What Doomed Detroit Many cities have struggled with the decline of key industries from Philadelphia s shipyards to New York s textile industry but Detroit which is now in bankruptcy is both a victim of the decline of t
Many cities have struggled with the decline of key industries, from Philadelphia s shipyards to New York s textile industry, but Detroit which is now in bankruptcy is both a victim of the decline of the Michigan automobile industry and a cause of it A city with a history of civil disorder it is the only American city occupied on three separate occasions by federal troops Many cities have struggled with the decline of key industries, from Philadelphia s shipyards to New York s textile industry, but Detroit which is now in bankruptcy is both a victim of the decline of the Michigan automobile industry and a cause of it A city with a history of civil disorder it is the only American city occupied on three separate occasions by federal troops its poisonous blend of race based politics and union domination has left it impoverished and diminished Once the fourth largest city in the country, it is today smaller than Fort Worth Once the nation s most prosperous city, it is today the poorest Even in its reduced state, it is the largest U.S city ever to file for bankruptcy and yet its city payroll maintains twice as many government employees per resident as does San Jose More terrifying is the fact that the imbalance between public sector consumption and private sector production that helped make Detroit what it is today is by no means limited to the Motor City in fact, there are four large U.S cities that are in arguably worse shape Detroit is not just a case study, but a portent.
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Kevin D. Williamson
Kevin D Williamson is National Review s roving correspondent He is the author of The End Is Near and It s Going To Be Awesome How Going Broke Will Leave America Richer, Happier, and More Secure, The Dependency Agenda, and The Politically Incorrect Guide to Socialism, and contributed chapters to The New Leviathan The State Vs the Individual in the 21st Century and Future Tense Lessons of Culture in an Age of Upheaval When he is not sounding the alarm about fiscal armageddon, he co hosts the Mad Dogs Englishmen podcast with fellow National Review writer Charles C W Cooke.Williamson began his journalism career at the Bombay based Indian Express Newspaper Group and spent 15 years in the newspaper business in Texas, Pennsylvania, and Colorado He served as editor in chief of three newspapers and was the founding editor of Philadelphia s Bulletin He is a regulator commentator on Fox News, CNBC, MSNBC, and NPR His work has appeared in The New York Post, The New York Daily News, Commentary, Academic Questions, and The New Criterion, where he served as theater critic He is a native of Lubbock, Texas.