Real policy discussions take hours, not minutes. Unfortunately, most news outlets don’t have time for them and usually resort to reporting each side of an issue as equally valid. So we thought we’d take a moment to look at some of the absurd proposals Michigan Republicans are considering (and wasting taxpayer dollars on in the…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan Wednesday, March 13, 2013 Contact: Jessica Tramontana, jessica@progressmichigan.org, 517-974-6302 Thanks for “firing your muskets…keep your powder dry,” Jack Hoogendyk proclaims LANSING – Progress Michigan condemned the dishonest and unhinged rhetoric of conservative leader Jack Hoogendyk regarding the expansion of Medicaid in Michigan. Hoogendyk sent out an op-ed from Florida’s…
Do you remember the 2012 election? When Mitt Romney picked Paul Ryan as his running mate it all but cemented the growing media narrative that 2012 would be a choice between two competing visions for America: “we’re in this thing together” vs. “you’re on your own.” It was all pretty simple. Less government is good,…