U.S. Representative Mike Rogers said it’s clear to him how the Democrats will find the $1.8 trillion he says they need to pay for their national health care reform. “They are going to tax you to death,” Rogers told a crowd Friday. Rogers, a Republican from Brighton, was in Dearborn on Monday along with U.S.
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When senior economist David Littman said in May unemployment in Michigan could go as high as 17 to 20 percent, some were skeptical. When Littman, a senior economist with the Mackinac Center For Public Policy, made his projection the unemployment rate in the state was reported at 12.6 percent for April. Governor Jennifer Granholm’s office
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With school districts facing severe budget cuts, State Representative Rick Jones said it’s time that the state cut the staffing and funding for one position – that of the spouse of Governor Jennifer Granholm. Jones, a Republican from Grand Ledge, brought a resolution Tuesday to close the office of the First Gentleman and cut the
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Michigan residents will pay about $604 million covering the costs of illegal aliens in this state, a non-profit advocacy group says. State Representative Dave Agema, R-Grandville, says that is an expense Michigan can no longer afford. Agema introduced House Bills 4969 and 4355 in May and hopes they will be addressed on the house floor
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When Mike Nofs ran for the 19th district state senate seat, there was some concern in the tea party movement that the Republican wouldn’t live up to their conservative vision of a reformed GOP. Some conservatives pointed to his voting record as a former state representative as evidence that he was a RINO (Republican In
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Just this month, city of Ann Arbor officials were told at a City Council retreat they face an $8 million deficit for the rest of this fiscal year and the next. To make matters worse, the city was ordered by an arbitrator in February to give a series of retroactive raises – one as high
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Andrew “Rocky” Raczkowski showed a photo he took of some graffiti on a wall in the Middle East where he served with the U.S. Army. The blue words on wall mocked the U.S. anti-war movement and read, “I like peace. USA.” Raczkowski said the terrorists believe “the United States doesn’t have the stomach to fight
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From international phone calls, to the Snickers bar bought from the office vending machine, to doubling the fees to get married, there are many aspects of your life that are being considered for tax hikes as the state faces a budget crisis. In fact, there is separate legislation under consideration that would tax bottled water
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The Environmental Protection Agency’s finding Monday that carbon dioxide is among the greenhouse gases harming the environment could have a damaging impact on Michigan’s economy, some experts fear. The EPA stated its endangerment finding included six greenhouse gases – carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons and sulfur hexafluoride. It now has the ability to
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