Category: Real Discussion II

What can we do? How can we fight? What solutions can we bring to the table?

About That Bridge

Many of you might know I am opposed to a new international bridge crossing that has ANYTHING to do with our government, or its lackeys, in what amounts to an all out eminent domain battle. There have been some serious…

Proposed Government Expansions / Limitations Count in Governor’s Address Available Tonight

Mackinac Center policy experts available to comment on Gov. Snyder’s remarks MIDLAND — Mackinac Center Fiscal Policy Director Michael D. LaFaive will count and categorize new initiatives proposed by Gov. Rick Snyder in tonight’s State of the State address. Mackinac…

Smart Meters And Agenda 21

There is so much to keep up with. Part of the purpose of agenda 21 as I have explained before, is the socialization of wealth and resources.  The balancing of the haves, with the have-nots. Simultaneously, it is necessary to…

Labor Reform Held Up Because It Works

Jack McHugh writes today about a couple of labor reform bills just hanging around the Michigan State Senate. The first of them stopping the practice of union employees being paid by school districts: “… many school district payrolls contain “phantom…

Merry Christmas 2011

The perfect man who died for our imperfections has his birth celebrated today. Amidst the gifts that we pass among ourselves, nothing can compare to the ultimate endowment given to us with the birth of Jesus Christ. Nothing can compare…

Governor signs Pavlov bill lifting the cap on charter schools

LANSING–State Sen. Phil Pavlov (left), R-St. Clair Township, and Gov. Rick Snyder hold Senate Bill 618, accompanied by Rep. Tom McMillin and Rep. Deb Shaughnessy. Snyder on Tuesday signed Pavlov’s bill, which will lift the arbitrary cap on charter schools…

New Unemployment Numbers: Michigan Families Continue to Suffer Because of Obama-Stabenow Economic Failures

Latest labor report shows more than 456,000 Michiganders Are Still Jobless WASHINGTON – Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies (GPS) today issued the following statement after the release of Michigan’s November jobs report from the U.S. Department of Labor. Steven Law, Crossroads…