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  • "Something has to happen. I think what everybody agrees is that the status quo is not sustainable. The city is out of money," said Michigan State University economist Charles Ballard.

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  • "It reminds me a lot of the debt crisis in Europe," Mr. Ballard said. "The Greeks are resentful for this feeling they are being told what to do by the Germans, but the status quo was not tenable."

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