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The u.n. says it is in violation of the human rights to turn off water for people who cant afford to pay. former advisor to the city of detroit mark ash joined us earlier saying things are not always what they seem. what happened was when the city began to move forward to turn off water for people who had not paid their bills in month a miracle occurred. the next day at the they walked down to the department with a bagful of money and paid their bills. >> the water department makes up 28% of the...

Been able to pull together a couple of table scraps. if it walks like a duck and talks like a duck. its a bailout. >> so do you think that this money is going to go and do actually any good work? how many billions of dollar of debt is the city? sounds like to me just a drop in the bucket. >> there is no question thats the case. the city is $18 billion in debt. you know, we used to look across america and you would watch people standing in cities in bread lines. what we have now is actually ameri...

Bankruptcy protection. not necessarily a surprise, but how did we get to this point? mark ash is a former adviser to the city of detroit focusing specifically on public transportation. but, mark, you go into cities and try to teach them how to run like a company, how to better manage their finances and their budgets. what was it like, what was your time in detroit like? you were there for a year. >> you know, a lot of people would say its not possible. we can run a public transportation system i...

The city of detroit has a problem paying its bills. >> where we are right now is a culmination of years and years and years of kicking the can down the road. borrowing from wherever we could borrow. were tapped out. >> the motor city is still trying to avoid bankruptcy, asking collectors to take $0.10 on the dollar on a $2.5 billion tab. how did the city end up in this state? mark ash is ceo of a company which specializes in transforming public and private organizations. hes also with the city o...

Lets go over to the guys. >> thank you, alisyn. with their city on the very brink of bankruptcy. trustees of two detroit public pension funds are at anean front conference in hawaii. guess who is pick up the >> you guessed it, the taxpayers. how could this happen? mark ash is ceo which public. he has also advised the city of detroit. your advisement they probably didnt listen to you all that well. >> well, we made some progress last year, guys. t as you can see, the city is now under the control...

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20,000 border agents and we have 100,000 irs agents? weve got to focus our spending so that were putting it where places-- where things make some sense. 100,000 irs agents and 20,000 people on the borders is just illogical. weve got to focus our priorities and end these things where the president gives a speech talking about reducing the debt, the national debt that we have, but then proposes a budget that actually increases the national debt. weve got to get our rhetoric to match our actions an...

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