When we abandon the notion that Govt is the answer to everything and instead look to ourselves and our local communities to improve our situations we will heal this country. Reject that philosophy, and we guarantee ourselves misery and the steady downward spiral of decay.

The US city of Detroit, once a symbol of US industrial power, filed for bankruptcy, with debts of $18.5 billion on July 18, 2013, which makes Detroit the largest city in US history to do so.