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I guess I'm not really sure what Detroit thought would happen. When you raise the rates on a bankrupt city, what did they think Flint would do? Go deeper into

I guess I'm not really sure what Detroit thought would happen. When you raise the rates on a bankrupt city, what did they think Flint would do? Go deeper into debt from another city that's already bankrupt as well? Or cut a bunch of corners and make do with the old, outdated system? Even GM stopped using the river water since it was so corrosive. I'm not pinning this on Detroit since there were a host of failures along the way, but the raising of the fees essentially started the ball rolling.

mikeyouse 11y ago
It's worth noting that 'Detroit' didn't necessarily make this decision as much as the state-appointed emergency manager there did.. It's ugly times for many nearly-bankrupt cities as they look for new revenue sources from desperately poor populations. These EMs have wide mandates to cut costs and raise revenue without any real oversight, it's an absolute crises of democracy.