Posted by: Barthélemy Barbancourt
on Jun 18, 2009
There are perhaps dozens of small towns and failing neighborhoods beginning to resemble ghost towns. We've all seen them if we get off the Interstate and drive down state or county roads, once-thriving Main streets or into blighted neighborhoods.
The Obama administration reportedly is considering whether to broaden an experimental "shrink to survive" program in Flint, Mich., -- one of the nation's poorest cities -- that proposes to raze districts within some cities and towns while bulldozing others in their entirety. Land would be returned to its pre-construction state. Local politicians in Flint believe the city must contract by as much as 40 percent. They want to focus on the population that remains and cut services to save money.
Wow! We now have the BO admin telling us how to deal with dying cities. This final solution could only come from the mind of a committed socialist. As a capitalist my mind reels at the concept that governement destroyong private property is the solution to anything.
