Blogcritics Comments on On the Stump to Downsize Michigan Government

Comment by Joshua Rule on On the Stump to Downsize Michigan Government

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:36:16 EDT

Hello. While the Detroit Free Press has done a great job of covering the recent discovery of the PowerPoint presentation which documents the partisan nature of the proposed RMGN amendment, they admit that they were not the discoverers of that presentation. Instead, as the Free Press article above reports, it was the Mackinac Center for Public Policy in Midland, MI who found the document and broke the news on Detroit's WJR talk radio. For more details on the Center and their discovery, please click here.

Comment by wctaxpayer on On the Stump to Downsize Michigan Government

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:50:13 EDT

I can not support your effort. While I believe in the initiative process, this wholesale attack on our Constitution is not in the best interest of the taxpayers and voters of this state. It does not give the opportunity for clear analysis and consideration of the consequences that will result due to the magnitude of the changes. The average voter will not be able to make an informed decision with only 100 words allowed on the ballot. Rose Bogaert, Chair Wayne County Taxpayers Association

Comment by Joanne Huspek on On the Stump to Downsize Michigan Government

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:48:28 EDT

I'm with ditching Granholm. She wants to be the governor, but she doesn't want to make the hard choices and govern. As for cost cutting, everyone else is forced to do it, so why not the government? Why can't they operate as leanly as private enterprise? Why does a teacher HAVE to make $65K with full benefits? Does a state senator really have to get full benefits after six years? I'm thinking being legislated out of business might not be a bad thing. Change is good. It's apparent that the state doesn't want to keep the old businesses here.

Comment by Ruvy on On the Stump to Downsize Michigan Government

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:06:01 EDT

I've seen this stuff come and go in Minnesota. If it weren't for the vicious way execs slashed jobs in your state, I'd say, 'have a little sympathy for the poor bastards'. But given that you are a business owner, and not some flunky drawing a paycheck on someone else's risk and gamble with fate and money, you have a right to hold the views you do.... Of course, you have to realize the downside with cutting wages and bennies of people who can legislate you out of existence, or wipe you away with a mere court order. It makes them even easier to buy than they are now. It's just like underpaying cops. Do that, and you may as well elect the local mafioso as your leader, because that is who the uniformed goons will be loyal to - their meal ticket.

Comment by Arch Conservative on On the Stump to Downsize Michigan Government

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:13:38 EDT

The first thing the people of Michigan need to do is throw Granholm into lake Michigan. Seriously...........the bitch needs to go and go now.