Progressives Offering Libertarian Solutions

Thursday 15 March 2012 - Filed under Uncategorized

The newest bid to save Detroit being offered by progressive politicians is purely libertarian, or at the very least federalist, in its origins. HuffPo:

Clarke said he intends to work with other members of Detroit’s delegation in Congress and expects broad support from Democrats. He pointed to support for his Detroit Jobs Trust Fund Act, introduced last year, among Democrats and some Republicans, including Rep. Candice Miller. The bill would allow Detroit to retain federal income tax paid by its residents, and had drawn 31 cosponsors as of December.

Detroit is a city that has been strangled because of decades worth of progressive policy. Redistribution programs and compulsory union membership have sucked every bit of financial life from the city, making various areas virtual ghost towns ridden with crime. And when push comes to shove, in a desire to avoid having the city taken over by outside decision-makers the progressive leadership which represents Detroit calls for the residents of Detroit to be able to keep their own money local rather than sending it off for multiple skim jobs by various government bureaucracies at both the federal and state level before being returned to the residents of Detroit to use for their own welfare. It’s funny how that works, huh?¹

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1. Especially since progressives will take all of the credit while libertarian policy will be continued to be shunned if it is named such.

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