Republicans in Lansing are debating a budget that would give a $1.8 billion tax cut to big corporations and pay for it by cutting hundreds of millions of dollars from education, raising taxes on middle class families and seniors, and pushing more than 14,000 children into poverty. It’s time for politicians to start standing up…
The GOP is having trouble managing the Tea Party contingent, and now Tea Party Nation founder Judson Phillips is slamming House Speaker John Boehner: “Charlie Sheen is now making more sense than John Boehner,” Phillips wrote in his blog earlier this month. In an interview with FoxNews.com Thursday, Phillips said he stands by his comments…
Representative Pete Lund (R – Shelby Township) is hard at work keeping it classy: “They’re just mad because they can’t use their bridge cards to buy beer anymore.” – Rep. Pete LUND (R-Shelby Twp.) commenting on the large contingent of university students protesting in the Capitol today. Screenshot below:
Join progressives, workers, families and other citizens from across the state in protesting against 86% tax cut for corporations, 36% tax hikes for workers and retirees, proposed elimination of food safety inspectors, assaults on collective bargaining, abandonment of clean energy policies and the Emergency Financial Manager bill that guts democracy. We’ll be culling the Twitterverse…
Governor Rick Snyder’s “winners and losers” budget proposes raising taxes on low-income workers and senior citizens to give an 82 percent tax break to corporations and other businesses. Governor Snyder calls that Value for Michigan. It should be called Value for Michigan CEOs, reflecting a proposed state budget that is more like a Monopoly game…
Remember a year ago when Rep. Kim Meltzer sponsored SB 1070? SB 1070 was a law aimed at undocumented immigrants and heavily drawn from Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer’s immigration law. Remember how you wrote Rep. Kim Meltzer emails and called and she eventually dropped the entire endeavor? Well, Rep. Dave Agema has picked up the…
Below is a sampling of some of the Tweets sent out today in response to Gov. Rick Snyder’s budget proposal. @gretchenwhitmer Gretchen Whitmer I don’t need a study with metrics to tell me that slashing education and elimination of EITC is NOT the ‘right thing’ for kids in Michigan. —————————————————————————————————————- @joedisano Joe DiSano I am…
What happened to Rep. Fred Upton? Fred used to have reasonable ideas about climate disruption and potential solutions, that is, he accepted the reams of scientific data proving the disruptive nature of carbon emissions. Fred backed the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 and supported the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. Fossil Fred…
Michigan’s budget is in crisis, and it’s going to take sacrifice, ideas and innovation to fix the deficit. But that means everyone must sacrifice, everyone must bring ideas to the table, and everyone must be willing to craft innovative solutions for a decade-long problem. Gov. Rick Snyder’s recent report titled “Citizen’s Guide to Michigan’s Financial…
JOIN THE LIVE CHAT VISIT WHITEHOUSE.GOV It’s that time of year again! We’re halfway through President Obama’s first term, fresh off a lame-duck bounce in Obama’s approval ratings, and still recovering from the tragedy in Arizona. President Obama will begin speaking at 9PM, in the meantime enjoy this choice selection of Tweets, Facebook posts, and…