price vs. taste [Red Meat]

nhelm83

I am convinced that a perpetual state of crisis is a part of its business model.

nhelm83

I withdrew my initial upvote after reading that five of these "new kinds of currency" are just different ways of paying (mostly for subway fares). I expected to see thinks like the Ithaca Hours & Time Banking on this list.

nhelm83

Why do you say this will "probably fail miserably" ? Do you have any insight on this process?

nhelm83

Detroit just had elections for Mayor, City Council, School Board, City Charter Commission, and proposals for a Public School Bond and to elect 7 / 9 Council members by district (both of these passed, FWIW).

I welcome any Redditor who wants to visit Detroit (or move here). I currently live in Ann Arbor and work in the city of Detroit.

Consider: the state unemployment rate is just over 14%. In the Metro area (which includes Wayne, Oakland & Macomb Counties) it is 16%. By equivalent measures, the rate in the city is 27% (not 50%).

In spite of these crushing statistics, Detroit cannot be understood simply as a place of economic catastrophe. I would suggest reading this article from TNR called The Detroit Project, as it honestly addresses the challenges facing the city.

Additional Note: Detroit is a city that is roughly 140 square miles in size. 40 square miles are vacant land. That is the size of San Francisco proper. So a lot of that property would need to be improved before Redditors could move here.

nhelm83

I don't think Americans will leave because of this bill. What I predict is that the people in the individual insurance market will protest by not paying their premiums. What options will the insurers have? Currently there is a tax penalty for this.

The asinine idea of charging a tax penalty will become the political hot potato that nobody wants to claim. Eventually somebody (R or D) will kick it to pieces by either R) dismantling this bill or D) choosing one of the top four bullets you posted.

nhelm83

don't give away ideas like that for free... :/

nhelm83

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