From Detroit to Harrisburg, Pa., Chicago to San Berdoo,
America’s cities are teetering on the verge of dysfunction and even
bankruptcy, as municipalities and counties sag under the weight of
bloated public-sector pension obligations and economically reckless
governance. Tonight’s episode of The
Independents (Fox Business Network, 9 p.m. ET, 6 p.m. PT,
repeats three hours later) visits all these cities and more, to
confront the horror stories and point the way forward toward a
better tomorrow.
The show starts in
Detroit, appropriately, with a tour by Kennedy and a discussion
with local boy and former Michigan congressman Thaddeus McCotter. Then we
show some of Jim Epstein’s gobsmacking Reason TV reporting from
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, which you can watch in full below:
Next, John
Tillman, president and CEO of the Illinois Policy Institute,
will explain why he thinks Chicago might be the next Detroit (hint:
rhymes with “tensions”). Then Kennedy visits the California basket
cases of Vernon and
San Bernardino, and solicits Reason.com columnist Steven Greenhut
for analysis. Fox Business Network Washington Correspondent
Rich Edson turns the
corner into more positive territory by talking about a new study
that highlights the best big cities in which to start a business,
which transitions into an interview with Mayor Rusty Paul of Sandy
Springs, Ga., “The
City That Outsourced Everything.”
Joining Kennedy and Matt Welch in the guest-hosting chair for
the full hour is none other than beloved Reason Senior
Editor Peter
Suderman, who is tasked with telling America what we’ve all
learned by the end of the show. It’s a packed episode of reportage
and analysis, doom and glimmers of hope, and you should watch it on
your television set.
Related Reason content: “How
to Break an American City,” “Anarchy in
Detroit,” “Reason
Saves Cleveland,” and the Reason Foundation’s Pension Reform
Newsletter.
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