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    Tag: Jesse Jackson

    Rule of Law Versus Democracy in Detroit


    By Rougman, Section News
    Posted on Thu Jul 21, 2011 at 01:53:28 PM EST
    Tags: Jesse Jackson, Detroit (all tags)

    Jesse Jackson is back. This from MLive:
    The Rev. Jesse Jackson is back in Michigan, and he's calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to join his fight against the state's recently-expanded emergency manager law.

    'We have a profound economic crisis in the country and the state," Jackson said this morning on WJR-AM 760. "There's nothing about the economic crisis that should allow one to demolish democracy. The vote remains sacred even in a time of crisis."

    In response to another commenter I posted this:
    The United States is not a democracy and it never has been. It is a representative republic. There is a significant difference. What democracy basically boils down to is "majority rule." While this is great for those in the majority on specific issues, it doesn't do a lot of good for those who find themselves believing in something that the majority finds distasteful.

    In truth, the founding fathers feared democracy. The ignorance of our political system displayed by people on here who sound otherwise intelligent is troubling to me. Don't they teach history or government in school any more?

    Detroit is a cesspool today because it has operated for decades in a manner inconsistent with individual rights and the rule of law. It has been a center of corruption, graft, and the welfare state for so long that it has virtually crumbled other than what few crumbs it could pander from those who refused make it face the consequences of its own corrupt actions.

    I don't feel sorry for Detroit. It made its own bed and for too long now it has been making the rest of us wake up next to it.

    What is most interesting about Jackson's (and I presume the commenter's) thoughts is that while they endlessly pander for the money of others to help prop up historically corrupt municipalities, they simultaneously demand that those whose money they spend should butt the hell out.

    It is the rule of law versus democracy. I'm shocked! Shocked, I tell you, that Jackson winds up, once again, on the wrong side of the equation.

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    Jesse Jackson rallies auto workers


    By Crippy, Section News
    Posted on Tue May 12, 2009 at 06:40:04 AM EST
    Tags: big 3, jesse jackson (all tags)

    Jesse Jackson led a bus rally in Michigan yesterday.  The "Keep It Made in America" tour made stops in Hamtramck, Dearborn, Sterling Heights and Pontiac and is supposed to bring awareness to the plight of the American auto industry and its workers.

    From detnews dot com:
    The Rev. Jesse Jackson led a crowd of about 200 supporters with chants including "Reinvest in our land" and "Keep hope alive" in Hamtramck. He was joined at the rally by celebrities and several elected officials, including Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich.
    Stabenow, never letting a good crisis go to waste, likened the current state of affairs in Michigan to Hurricane Katrina.
    Stabenow advocated for health care changes and free trade. She likened the area's woes with New Orleans, post Hurricane Katrina.

    "The water has seeped in every home. We are here to say, 'We will not go under,' " Stabenow said. ""We need to make sure our companies that are competing with other countries know their country is with them."
    Senator Stabenow is advocating for fee trade?  This is the free market at work.  American auto companies can no longer make and sell cars in America at a profit.  The market, no matter what the political geniuses do to manipulate it, is getting what it wants, lower labor and automobile prices.  Unfortunately, that means the party is over for in-efficient companies.  No longer can American auto companies pay nearly double the price of labor than its foreign competitors and stay solvent.

    Also, free trade is exactly what allows companies to produce products over seas and import them to America.

    Not to be deterred by market forces, Warren Mayor, Jim Fouts:
    issued an executive order that requires his appointees to buy American-made when they purchase their next vehicle. Now, he's negotiating with the city's employee unions to include a "buy American provision" in the union contracts for the upcoming year.

    If he succeeds, the order would apply to approximately 800 full-time city employees. The current employee contracts expire in June.

    "It's a priority and a must. If something happened to General Motors or Chrysler, I would not be able to pay the high salaries I pay now or keep everyone employed," he said. "I am developing a strategy for expanding my campaign. I would like to see other county officials and school officials embrace the same thing."

    If employees want to retain their jobs, they must buy American-made cars.
    This is just what Detroit and America needs, another attempt by an economic illiterate to stop hemorrhaging with a band-aide.

    God help us!


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