To: Lesley Groff
From: Ike Groff
Sent Mon 7/22/2013 11:45:05 AM
Subject: RE: Jul 22nd tidbits & quotes
No very bad
From: Lesley Groff [mak°
Sent: Monday, July 22, 2013 7:45 AM
To: Ike Groff
Subject: Fwd: Jul 22nd tidbits & quotes
Wow. Not good.
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From: Will Ford
Date: July 22, 2013, 7:38:49 AM EDT
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Subject: Jul 22nd tidbits & quotes
Labor omnia vincit is a Latin phrase meaning "Work conquers
aIr. htto://en.wikipedia.orq/wiki/Labor omnia vincit
littp://www.zerohedge.cominen s/2013-07-21/25-facts-ahout-fall-detroit-m ill-
leave-vou-shaking-your-head
I) At this point, the city of Detroit owes money to more than 100,000 creditors.
2) Detroit is facing $20 billion in debt and unfunded liabilities. That breaks down
to more than $25,000 per resident.
3) Back in 1960, the city of Detroit actually had the highest per-capita income in
the entire nation.
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4) In 1950, there were about 296,000 manufacturing jobs in Detroit. Today, there
are less than 27,000.
5) Between December 2000 and December 2010, 48 percent of the manufacturing
jobs in the state of Michigan were lost.
6) There are lots of houses available for sale in Detroit right now for $500 or less.
7) At this point, there are approximately 78,000 abandoned homes in the city.
8) About one-third of Detroit's 140 square miles is either vacant or derelict.
9) An astounding 47 percent of the residents of the city of Detroit are functionally
illiterate.
10) Less than half of the residents of Detroit over the age of 16 arc working at this
point.
I I) If you can believe it, 60 percent of all children in the city of Detroit are living
in poverty.
12) Detroit was once the fourth-largest city in the United States, but over the past
60 years the population of Detroit has fallen by 63 percent.
13) The city of Detroit is now very heavily dependent on the tax revenue it pulls in
from the casinos in the city. Right now, Detroit is bringing in about 11 million
dollars a month in tax revenue from the casinos.
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14) There are 70 "Superfund" hazardous waste sites in Detroit.
15) 40 percent of the street lights do not work.
16) Only about a third of the ambulances are running.
17) Some ambulances in the city of Detroit have been used for so long that they
have more than 250,000 miles on them.
18) Two-thirds of the parks in the city of Detroit have been permanently closed
down since 2008.
19) The size of the police force in Detroit has been cut by about 40 percent over
the past decade.
20) When you call the police in Detroit, it takes them an average of 58 minutes to
respond.
21) Due to budget cutbacks, most police stations in Detroit are now closed to the
public for 16 hours a day.
22) The violent crime rate in Detroit is five times higher than the national average.
23) The murder rate in Detroit is 11 times higher than it is in New York City.
24) Today, police solve less than 10 percent of the crimes that are committed in
Detroit.
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25) Crime has gotten so bad in Detroit that even the police arc telling people to
"enter Detroit at your own risk".
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