Commonwealth of Belle Isle - Going Galt in Detroit?

Posted by $ bigjim 12 years, 2 months ago to Culture
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I learned about this from a snarky article that originally appeared in the Nation. http://goo.gl/69KV0

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  • Posted by terrycan 12 years, 2 months ago
    An interesting concept. The city of Detroit has a lot of abandoned land. Newt talked about making Detroit a tax free zone for a period of time. This would encourage capital to flow in. Newt wanted to give Detroit the same deal as Puerto Rico.
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  • Posted by Non_mooching_artist 12 years, 2 months ago
    The article really was snarky!

    Interesting concept, though I'm not sure how viable it would be. I did find the site intriguing, though. I agree w/kh that there is no way the US govt wouldn't have their fingers in that pie.
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  • Posted by overmanwarrior 12 years, 2 months ago
    It would be hilarious to see Detroit sell that island to that development. Since they are going bankrupt, they should have to!
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  • Posted by khalling 12 years, 2 months ago
    thanks bigjim. this is very interesting. I read through the faq s and see two glaring flaws, in my opinion, even though I love the overall concept. 1. requiring 300k as a "citizenship" fee will not ensure the best and brightest for the city state. 2. remaining part of the US. there is no way the US govt would allow a city state to operate outside federal law.
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