Why Bring Business To Michigan?
David Freddoso wrote:
Democrats in Michigan’s state House are determined to squeeze more out of the state’s dry-lemon economy, but they can’t convince enough of their own to vote for it. They have been voting on a tax increase since 2 pm on Friday ” that’s 51 hours of straight legislative boredom. For the third day in a row, all Republicans have voted “no.” Ten Democrats still have not voted. Democrats enjoy a 58-52 majority in the chamber.
Michigan suffers not only from a 7.2 percent unemployment rate, but also from a $1.7 billion budget shortfall. The Mackinaw Center has proposed $1.9 billion in spending cuts, taking the axe to extra payments for wealthy schools, history and arts grants, public transit, and stopping new borrowing for Gov. Granholm’s 21st Century Jobs Fund ” which has already borrowed and spent $367 million.
Not all of the changes are that simple, but so far, there has been no serious effort to cut any spending ” a tax increase has essentially been the Democrats’ first resort.
If I may make another suggestion: how much is Michigan spending on those ridiculous CNBC ads with Jeff Daniels, telling people to “bring your business to Michigan?” I always thought businesses, when they migrate, go where there is a business-friendly regulatory environment, not to states that advertise during Mad Money.
No wonder Michigan is actually losing population.
According to the Detroit Free Press:
As of Wednesday night, the state Senate’s budget proposal called for slashing promotional spending on Michigan tourism and business attraction to $6.7 million in 2008. That’s $9 million below Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s recommendation of $15.7 million and a whopping 74% lower than the $26 million we’ve spent each of the past two years trying to woo vacationers and businesses to our beleaguered state
Hey David, sit back and relax, in 5 years, you’ll be blown away! Art seems to be fed up with Jennifer too!
September 16, 2007 - 09:58 PM on September 16th, 2007
“No wonder Michigan is actually losing population”
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Pfff. Certainly not because of politics.
Michigan…just sucks. I’m sorry. I mean, it has great natural spots, fascinating history, is a great place to raise a family and is a sportsmans paradise, but…its no California.
I got the hell out of there in 2003, and I’m not surprised to learn people are still doing the same.
September 17, 2007 - 07:56 AM on September 17th, 2007
Thats becuase SFL all the liberal demacrats you favor are big time tax and spend liberals who want to tax us from cradle to grave so they can have money for their pork projects i mean hillary wants to build a woodstock museum and guess who will be financing this pork project it will be JOHN Q. PUBLIC