WATCH THE FULL FILM: ‘Bankrupt – How Cronyism and Corruption Brought Down Detroit’
Bankrupt – How Cronyism and Corruption Brought Down Detroit
Director and Executive Producer Ben Howe and Producer Thomas LaDuke released their documentary on the tragic story of Detroit.
You can view the entire film on YouTube:
From the website:
Once the most prosperous city in America. With a booming manufacturing sector and cultural magnetism, the city had bright horizons after World War II. But as the 1960′s rolled in, the marriage of Big Business and Big Government overtook Detroit. The central planners in government needed the powerful corporations, and the powerful corporations came to depend on the bureaucracy, too. The marriage worked well for the politicians and for their corporate cronies, but Detroit itself entered a decades-long decline. America watched as Detroit slowly bled people, jobs and revenue. Politicians tried spending money. They tried raising taxes. The more they taxed and spent, the faster the city declined.
Detroit still had its “Big Three” auto manufacturers, until two of its crown jewels, General Motors and Chrysler, imploded in 2008 under the weight of reckless and subsidized mismanagement.Instead of allowing market forces to rebuild Detroit and the auto industry, the United States handed billions of dollars to General Motors and Chrysler.
Five years later, the city of Detroit is bankrupt and almost $20 billion dollars in debt.
Read the rest here.
And, take the time to learn more about how Democratic policies destroyed one of America’s great cities.
