Manufacturing uses electricity, Tourism uses gas. Michigan relies on both to feed and provide for families. In the last several years, we have seen an increase in the price of energy on a scale that eclipses the nation’s inflation rate.…
Category: Real Discussion
Overhead
The Core Principles Blog has a little item about efficiency. I made note of efficiency in the property tax collecting in one of our local townships. Perhaps it is time our state government stops concentrating on how to spend our…
OK… So Whattya Gonna Do Bout It?
Michigan Fair Tax initiative petitions NOW AVAILABLE. The math was a little confusing at first, but there really is no down side to this that I can see… In fact some of the original opponents (automakers) now on board as…
It Begins..
in one of my earlier posts, (Future of Property Taxes) I commented on the upcoming battle for funding based on property taxes in Michigan. Our local paper on the FRONT PAGE today describes how a local couple who cannot sell…
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives: Violating The Constitution in more ways than you might think
Being the proponent of firearms rights that I am, you’ll normally catch me complaining about the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (BATFE) and their ridiculous unchecked rules regarding firearms on a federal level. However, I’ll leave the 2nd…
TIME TO TAKE A STAND IN MICHIGAN
Recent posting in the CORE PRINCIPLES blog has rekindled my fears about the MBT, and the subsequent job destruction in Michigan. The reason for my original post on this issue “I almost threw up” seems to be finding it’s way…
A Courageous Michigan Could Fight Back…
I suppose you could call it a pet peeve of mine, but perhaps it is something that simply demonstrates the slippery slope of government control over your life through incremental legislative actions. Seatbelt legislation is not alone in the vile…
Gender Equity Lawsuit Results Trickling In…
The Lawsuit demanding that Girls High school sports be allowed to run concurrent with boys, has had a little time to demonstrate that the opponents were mostly correct. “Seven years ago, a federal District Court judge in Kalamazoo with no…
Minimum Wage, Effect Of Unions in Public Education, Blue Cross Rip-Off..
Students for a Free Economy bloggers back me up. The negative effect of government forcing a “living wage” down employer’s gullet, unions wrecking a school system, and better information provided by Jack McHugh Flesh out some of my prior complaints…
Educating Detroit
For Michigan, one of the problems that persists year after year is the heavily left/liberal leaning voting block in the southeastern part of the state. I hesitate to make generalizations on the “typical” voting nature of highly populated urban areas,…