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The Republican definition of “investment”

May 17, 2007 – 11:20 am

Aha! Eureka! Gadzooks! Zoinks!
While I’ve been under the impression that the Governor and State House leadership want to invest in Michigan, and Mike Bishop and the Senate Republicans want to cut Michigan down, I now see I’ve been mistaken.
Both parties want investment. We just define it differently:
“‘If we invest this money into education for Michigan’s [...]

By Dan Scripps | Posted in Budget, Education, Issues | Comments (0)

Mozambique, Jack Lessenberry, GOP cuts, and the budget crisis

May 16, 2007 – 11:26 am

So it’s been a while since my last post, and I guess I’m coming out swinging for the fences.
Today, PRI’s program The World program featured a story on American philanthropist Greg Carr, who’s spending $40 million to promote eco-tourism in Mozambique’s Gorongosa National Park. In explaining how he’s been able to convince locals in this [...]

By Dan Scripps | Posted in Education, Health care, Issues, Natural Resources | Comments (0)

Deja Vu all over again: Standard & Poor’s again warns Michigan GOP to stop playing games

March 12, 2007 – 11:50 am

Standard & Poor’s Rating Service today issued a public warning that our state government needs to get its budgetary act together or face even lower ratings. And the report’s author says that, “from a credit perspective, this is probably the most important legislative session in more than a decade.”
While political disputes are always accompanied by [...]

By Dan Scripps | Posted in Budget, Economy, Issues | Comments (0)

Michigan budget update

March 11, 2007 – 11:55 am

The good folks over at Michigan Liberal have been keeping track of the doubletalk and delay coming out of the Michigan Senate Republican caucus.
Essentially it comes down to this: Governor Granholm introduced her budget plan well over a month ago and introduced twenty-three bills to put that plan into action. In response, Mike Bishop, Senate [...]

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