"When times are tough," local union officials said in a statement released after the governor's announcement, "it is especially important that decisions are made democratically and locally."
That's an essential American principle that Governor Snyder seeks to abandon with a power grab that should unsettle Democrats and Republicans, liberals and conservatives. What's happening in Detroit is not what democracy looks like.
Who's to blame for debt and economic disarray? As Allison Kilkenny writes, Occupy activists are shifting the debate -- while also helping people recoup their losses.
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