Saturday, December 14, 2013

When the Bill Comes Due

Skyline along the Detroit International Riverfront
(Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Though a decade ago civil servants and union members would never have believed it could happen, the stark reality of the situation came to pass yesterday morning.


We now know the answer to the question: What happens when a government makes promises it can’t keep and borrows so much money it can never be repaid?

Yesterday morning a judge overseeing the City of Detroit’s fiscal sustainability ruled that the City can be afforded bankruptcy protection, meaning that all 100,000 of its creditors now stand to lose a significant portion of monies owed to them.

The most notable victims are the tens of thousands of retirees living off of pensions – many of whom will see an 80% obliteration of the retirement funds they believed they’d receive until they died.

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