"Detroit’s experience is a valuable window into what hitting financial rock bottom — and using that as an economic reset — could look like." Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560: Why We Need to “Relentlessly” Make the Blue State-Red State Case
November 5, 2026
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Glennon raised the stakes of the moment in broader civilizational terms: “This election in Illinois is not about the usual pedestrian issues… it’s about nothing less than whether Western civilization survives in our democratic republic of America because [the left], just on the open border alone, will destroy the country, and now they’re bringing in the jihadists, frankly, into the party.” Audio and summary linked here.Audio and summary linked here.
New Trier High School made national headlines nine years ago as a “canary in a coal mine” for political indoctrination in public schools. The canaries lived.
Among the consequences of economic growth that badly lags national averages are billions of lost revenue every year. Yet denial reigns in Illinois, fueling the vicious cycle of demand for higher taxes.
In short, stop digging and bankruptcy ASAP!
Ok, fine, but it’s not 2008, BO was in office helicoptering money to solve every crisis that popped up; particularly where he could pander to his base, those days (hopefully) are over. What that created is the Moral Hazard we see today throughout Blue cities. Bessent and Trump know that and are not going to continue to allow it to go on, they know it’s destroying affordability in this country. There’s going to be a rude awakening for the progressive political class…and it can’t happen soon enough.
IDK about Motown, but in IL/ Chiraq when one reaches the basement, it’s time to grab a shovel and dig further down.
Detroit Resurrected is a very good book and is worth reading. There are some good videos on Youtube about the city post bankruptcy. Some are positive, some are positively scary.
The book is very good, but people need to look carefully at the dynamics going on there. It required power OUTSIDE Detroit to sweep in and shove the corrupt local politicians out of the way. It also helped to have art that the city owned and held hostage (remember the “Grand Bargain”?) Also, the prior mayor got federal charges, and other things were going on (not necessarily covered in the book). Nobody is coming in from outside Chicago without corrupt Chicago ties to save Chicago. There will be no “Grand Bargain”. And forget about federal bankruptcy (for now). As long… Read more »