Maddow on Emergency Manager Takeover of Benton Harbor, Michigan

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Uploaded by on Apr 19, 2011

Rachel Maddow story on state-appointed Emergency Financial Manager takeover of Benton Harbor, Michigan. Under the new law signed by Gov. Rick Snyder, Emergency Managers have unchecked power to cancel contracts and take away collective bargaining rights for public workers.

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  • Correction: we have all the schedules of drugs.

  • This is about eugenics, social engineering, and "Us vs. Them". Divide and conquer. Done

  • @docj09 Point is DEMOCRACY IS DEMOCRACY!!! And you can try and spin it anyway YOU want but the facts are this goes against everything this country was founded on. If the people of Benton Harbor want to elect what in your opinion is a bad local government that is their damn right! Its their town! Sheesh the founding fathers must be turning over in their grave. Dead soldiers from Benton Harbor who fraught and died for the FREEDOM of this country must be turning over in their graves. SHAME

  • @docj09 I live in the most conservative city in the State of California, San Diego. The Republicans have had control of the mayors office and city council for years beyond memory. To put it kindly they have been less then good when it comes to managing local funds. Now if Sacramento did to San Diego what Lansing is doing to Benton Harbor then Fox New, Rush Limbuagh, and you would all probably be in an uproar.

  • This is a Republican thing!! This is just a start or little experiment so they can spread this grab on freedom and dictatorship. They have now taken over 4 cities, People must stop this assault on our democracy and freedom, and rights.

  • Also, please realize that this is not a Republican vs. Democrat thing. This is about the collusion of business and political power. Guy with ties to the developer who covets the city park sponsors a bill that gives control of Benton Harbor to a state-appointed emergency manager. This would happen with both Democrats, Republicans. The answer does not lie strictly in the political realm but in the regulatory realm. The mechanisms which prevent this have eroded.

  • Detroit is in danger of this right now. Please visit occupy-detroit.us to help Detroit and Michigan now! There has to be a better solution.

  • God, this pisses me off!!!!

  • 4 people can't wait to play a round at the new golf course.

  • Rachel can try and spin this against the GOP all she wants...but the facts are this city is the asshole of Michigan and has been for years. Place is millions of dollars in debt after being controlled by democrat officials for years. Now she's criticizing a republican governor for stepping in and saying "enough is enough...if you can't run your city right we're going to run it for you"

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