It would be nice, of course, if Microsoft had a road to Damascus moment and suddenly made Xbox Live free as many have requested, but I have a feeling they have too many people locked into the auto-pay option to just shut the whole system down.

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In the 1970s, with Detroit reeling from racial troubles and the auto industry's decline the DIA actually shut down for a month in 1975 the state of Michigan stepped in.

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