Ross ##er : Stripping Detroit 's workers of their modest ##y will kill middle class . Eisenbrey : Most pensions are $ a year ; $ 30,000 a year for police and firefighters . He says culprits are sky - high financial pressures , corporate subsidies , tax incentives . He says Detroit bankruptcy caused by same dynamics of inequality in the nation .
Ross Eisenbrey : Stripping Detroit 's workers of their modest pensions will kill middle class . Eisenbrey : Most pensions are $ 19,000 year ; $ 30,000 a year for police and firefighters . He says culprits are sky-high financial costs , corporate subsidies , tax loopholes . He says Detroit bankruptcy caused by same dynamics creating inequality in the nation .