Democrat Mecca Detroit Goes Bust – Defaults on $2.5 Billion in Unsecured Debt
Detroit was the perfect Democratic experiment.
And, something the rest of us can look forward to as Democrats push these same policies in Washington DC.
Detroit is busted.
The city can’t pay on its $2.5 billion in unsecured debt.
The AP reported:
A team led by a state-appointed emergency manager said Friday that Detroit is defaulting on about $2.5 billion in unsecured debt and is asking creditors to take about 10 cents on the dollar of what the city owes them.
Kevyn Orr spent two hours with about 180 bond insurers, pension trustees, union representatives and other creditors in a move to avoid what bankruptcy experts have said would be the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history.
Underfunded pension claims likely would get less than the 10 cents on the dollar.
An assessment of the plan’s progress will come in the next 30 days or so.
Orr also announced that Detroit stopped paying on its unsecured debt Friday to “conserve cash” for police, fire and other services in the city of 700,000 people. The debt not being paid includes $39 million owed to a certificate of participation.
“We will not pay that today,” Orr told reporters after the meeting with creditors at a hotel at Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus.
