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Old 07-18-2013, 07:09 PM
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I DECLARE BANKRUPTCY!
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Domino effect. Chicago's next.
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Why were BoA and UBS offered 75 cents on the dollar for their claims while the others may get less than 10 cents on the dollar?
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btw, in case you're curious, the appointment of the emergency manager has been criticized in racist terms, as in "Michigan Republicans don't want black people to govern their own communities."

ugh.
The answer: "Go right ahead. You tell the retirees that you're broke."
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Why were BoA and UBS offered 75 cents on the dollar for their claims while the others may get less than 10 cents on the dollar?
The early bird gets 75% of the worm....
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Livonia sounds like a country from the FAP.
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Domino effect. Chicago's next.
It took two frickin years from obvious bankruptcy to actual filing for Detroit.


Also, I don't think Chicago lost a quarter of its population in one decade.


My point: the reckoning for Chicago is some years away
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Should Canada buy Detroit?

http://globalnews.ca/news/726916/pol...a-buy-detroit/
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And they would do that because...
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