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The Heartland’s Financial Distress Dictatorship: Decaying Michigan Town on Verge of Democratic Collapse

Government
The Heartland’s Financial Distress Dictatorship: Decaying Michigan Town on Verge of Democratic Collapse
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 8:47am by Naked Emperor News Print » Email » Benton Harbor is one of approximately 100 towns in Michigan on the verge of fiscal collapse. Now economic desperation is bringing with it a sort of financial martial law. In light of Benton Harbor’s predicament Michigan lawmakers have opted for an extreme measure which gives unilateral authority to “emergency financial managersâ€