<p>^ That budget is the BEST budget for years. A fiscally conservative budget that makes absolute sense. 100X better than anything Jennifer Dumbholm can ever come up with.</p>
<p>I am glad that there are finally no-nonsense reforms popping up everywhere. Governors and legislators who can take on voters and make hard choices than doing what buy them votes. Like the proposal in Wisconsin that takes on the free-loading public employees…</p>
<p>This is not a partisan opinion. I have kinda realized that both parties and politics in general suck. This is about taking on the out-of-whack entitlement and unionism that make states spend more than what they have in their piggy bank. This is about taking on the very thing that took down GM and Chrysler in first place, and dont blame the banks, blame the unions.
Just look at Illinois, California… On one hand they are wondering why they are going broke and on the other hand they are paying cops and teachers and whatever up to 100K a year with pension for life…it’s no rocket science…</p>
<p>No. People have homes they can’t sell, and the rest of the country isn’t exactly advertising high paying jobs for one & all. Folks will weather the storm.</p>
<p>I don’t want to get into a political cat fight here, as it’s not really appropriate. However, anyone who lives in this state has to realize that drastic measures of some sort are required … and that means someone is bound to be unhappy.</p>
<p>I usually do not agree bearcats when it comes to Economic philosophy (though we certainly share much in common when it comes to fine dining!), but in this case, I will have to agree. Michigan is wise to take a cautious fiscal approach. This said, I would not want to see a potentially blossoming film industry whither as a result of poor governance. A thriving film industry could help the state in ways we cannot yet fathom or quatify.</p>
<p>I’m from Wisconsin so I’ll chime in here. Actually Scott Walker shelled out $140 million to special interest groups. Then he starts talking about a deficit and wants the public to pay for it. He created the deficit! Are you kidding me?! The guy is a first class idiot, not to mention he dropped out of college with a 2.6. Additionally, he has those lowlife Koch brothers backing him. He has zero credibility. Enough said.</p>
<p>The point is, Michigan is in a huge fiscal crisis that has been years in the making. There is no choice but to do something drastic to put the state back on the right track. The only way to keep from upsetting people in situations like this is to do nothing … you know, exactly what got us to this point as politicians were too afraid to make the hard choices that could result in them not getting the votes they needed to keep their wonderful lifetime perks of office (pensions, health care).</p>
<p>As far as having “no incentive to live or stay here,” those who have homes already are hesitant to leave because they’ll lose too much. Many young people in Michigan really do prefer to stay in Michigan. Of course, many young people will also leave in order to find jobs elsewhere. But to say that grappling with the reality of the budget crisis is going to make people leave is too simplistic. Those who are going to leave will do so whether we deal with things or just leave them as they are. I’d rather see us try to do something that will move our state forward than to do nothing at all.</p>
<p>Ahhhhh … I get it now. Thanks - I missed the deleted post.</p>
<p>All I know is that I am counting on UM to figure out a way to keep its programs strong while making sure that in state students are still able to be accepted if they <em>should</em> be. :)</p>