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esmith, we have a prize winner! Congrats!

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esmith, we have a prize winner! Congrats!

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esmith, we have a prize winner! Congrats!

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esmith, we have a prize winner! Congrats!

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esmith, we have a prize winner! Congrats!

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esmith, I think you’re missing it here: the real scam is the city government, which is run as a patronage for a lucky few, and funded by taxes on those unlucky enough to be unable to move out. Hence the City’s attempt to saddle a $1 house with nearly $4K tax bill. (Even with the old value near $80K, that’s a 5% tax rate!)

The more children on average is because any single person who can move, moves, and what’s left is the most stereotypical of the stereotypes. (“Welfare mother with 5 kids.”) Figuring out how to get these children integrated into our economy rather than into our prisons is indeed all our problems.

I agree about the high tax rates here, but it’s a catch-22, caused but city corruption, legacy costs, low density (streets with 2-3 homes each on them), and no clear sense that lowering the rates would actually cause anyone to care enough to invest in Detroit brownfields. I wouldn’t!

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esmith, I think you’re missing it here: the real scam is the city government, which is run as a patronage for a lucky few, and funded by taxes on those unlucky enough to be unable to move out. Hence the City’s attempt to saddle a $1 house with nearly $4K tax bill. (Even with the old value near $80K, that’s a 5% tax rate!)

The more children on average is because any single person who can move, moves, and what’s left is the most stereotypical of the stereotypes. (“Welfare mother with 5 kids.”) Figuring out how to get these children integrated into our economy rather than into our prisons is indeed all our problems.

I agree about the high tax rates here, but it’s a catch-22, caused but city corruption, legacy costs, low density (streets with 2-3 homes each on them), and no clear sense that lowering the rates would actually cause anyone to care enough to invest in Detroit brownfields. I wouldn’t!

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esmith, I think you’re missing it here: the real scam is the city government, which is run as a patronage for a lucky few, and funded by taxes on those unlucky enough to be unable to move out. Hence the City’s attempt to saddle a $1 house with nearly $4K tax bill. (Even with the old value near $80K, that’s a 5% tax rate!)

The more children on average is because any single person who can move, moves, and what’s left is the most stereotypical of the stereotypes. (“Welfare mother with 5 kids.”) Figuring out how to get these children integrated into our economy rather than into our prisons is indeed all our problems.

I agree about the high tax rates here, but it’s a catch-22, caused but city corruption, legacy costs, low density (streets with 2-3 homes each on them), and no clear sense that lowering the rates would actually cause anyone to care enough to invest in Detroit brownfields. I wouldn’t!

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esmith, I think you’re missing it here: the real scam is the city government, which is run as a patronage for a lucky few, and funded by taxes on those unlucky enough to be unable to move out. Hence the City’s attempt to saddle a $1 house with nearly $4K tax bill. (Even with the old value near $80K, that’s a 5% tax rate!)

The more children on average is because any single person who can move, moves, and what’s left is the most stereotypical of the stereotypes. (“Welfare mother with 5 kids.”) Figuring out how to get these children integrated into our economy rather than into our prisons is indeed all our problems.

I agree about the high tax rates here, but it’s a catch-22, caused but city corruption, legacy costs, low density (streets with 2-3 homes each on them), and no clear sense that lowering the rates would actually cause anyone to care enough to invest in Detroit brownfields. I wouldn’t!

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esmith, I think you’re missing it here: the real scam is the city government, which is run as a patronage for a lucky few, and funded by taxes on those unlucky enough to be unable to move out. Hence the City’s attempt to saddle a $1 house with nearly $4K tax bill. (Even with the old value near $80K, that’s a 5% tax rate!)

The more children on average is because any single person who can move, moves, and what’s left is the most stereotypical of the stereotypes. (“Welfare mother with 5 kids.”) Figuring out how to get these children integrated into our economy rather than into our prisons is indeed all our problems.

I agree about the high tax rates here, but it’s a catch-22, caused but city corruption, legacy costs, low density (streets with 2-3 homes each on them), and no clear sense that lowering the rates would actually cause anyone to care enough to invest in Detroit brownfields. I wouldn’t!

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Allan from Fallbrook says: You have to wonder how the Latvians, Lithuanians and Estonians feel about this latest “Soviet” jaunt. Or the Poles, for that matter.

The Poles don’t seem cowed, they rushed to sign a security agreement with the US..

Whether he stopped the eastern thrust of NATO is the interesting question. Ukraine is the one to watch. If it’s a target, they’ll be civil war, and the Russians will be called in as “peacemakers”.

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Allan from Fallbrook says: You have to wonder how the Latvians, Lithuanians and Estonians feel about this latest “Soviet” jaunt. Or the Poles, for that matter.

The Poles don’t seem cowed, they rushed to sign a security agreement with the US..

Whether he stopped the eastern thrust of NATO is the interesting question. Ukraine is the one to watch. If it’s a target, they’ll be civil war, and the Russians will be called in as “peacemakers”.

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Allan from Fallbrook says: You have to wonder how the Latvians, Lithuanians and Estonians feel about this latest “Soviet” jaunt. Or the Poles, for that matter.

The Poles don’t seem cowed, they rushed to sign a security agreement with the US..

Whether he stopped the eastern thrust of NATO is the interesting question. Ukraine is the one to watch. If it’s a target, they’ll be civil war, and the Russians will be called in as “peacemakers”.

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Allan from Fallbrook says: You have to wonder how the Latvians, Lithuanians and Estonians feel about this latest “Soviet” jaunt. Or the Poles, for that matter.

The Poles don’t seem cowed, they rushed to sign a security agreement with the US..

Whether he stopped the eastern thrust of NATO is the interesting question. Ukraine is the one to watch. If it’s a target, they’ll be civil war, and the Russians will be called in as “peacemakers”.

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Allan from Fallbrook says: You have to wonder how the Latvians, Lithuanians and Estonians feel about this latest “Soviet” jaunt. Or the Poles, for that matter.

The Poles don’t seem cowed, they rushed to sign a security agreement with the US..

Whether he stopped the eastern thrust of NATO is the interesting question. Ukraine is the one to watch. If it’s a target, they’ll be civil war, and the Russians will be called in as “peacemakers”.

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