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One thing I think should be recognized is the fact that when the tax base moves out into the suburbs they leave the residents holding the bag. The city has to appropriate a lot of money to sustain a large population. There are cost that the suburbs do not bear. Much of the money generated in the city also moves into the burbs. This is true for all cities. When all that is left is the poorer people it is difficult to see the kinds of revenues that make the city thrive. Detroit public workers do not make more than the public workers in the suburbs, but the taxes per resident is not on par. It's worng to blame the poor because they have to subsidize a large city by themselves and they don't make the salaries the suburbian residents do. Bringing in an outside consultant doesn't change that.