Tag: Mackinac Center

Michael Tanner Of Cato To Discuss ‘Obamacare’

Students for a Free Economy co-hosting East Lansing event EAST LANSING — Students for a Free Economy and the Michigan State University chapter of Young Americans for Liberty will co-host Michael Tanner of the Cato Institute at 7 p.m. on…

Socialized Medicine Anyone?

The ongoing debate and planning by the leftists in power is hardly whether they will be  taking over the health care in this country but rather to what extent.  Michigan Senators, Stabenow and Levin are certainly going to support any…

DHS Declines to Defend Merits in Mackinac Center Lawsuit

Motion to dismiss is procedural, technical; fails to address how state can force independent contractors into a union, Center legal analyst explains MIDLAND — The state’s response to a Mackinac Center Legal Foundation lawsuit against the Department of Human Services…

Mackinac Debate Topic Regional Workshop In Traverse City

More Than 130 Michigan High School Debaters to Attend National Debate Topic Regional Workshop in Traverse City Students can vie for $1,000 college scholarship offered by the Mackinac Center MIDLAND — More than 130 students and teachers are scheduled to…

Mackinac Center Legal Foundation Sues DHS

LANSING — The Mackinac Center Legal Foundation, a newly created public-interest law firm, today filed suit against the Michigan Department of Human Services in a case where a “shell corporation” was established to shanghai more than 40,000 home-based day care…

Health Care Round Table

You are Invited – (RSVP Instructions below.) The Future of Health Care in America: A Roundtable Discussion Wednesday, September 16 8:00am – 12:00pm The  Oakland Center at Oakland University – Banquet Room A 2200 N. Squirrel Road Rochester, Michigan 48309…

Cut & Paste.. A Michigan Fix.

The solutions are ready, just take em an roll! Michigan has a constitutional prerogative to maintain a balanced budget, and with a looming deficit the like we have never seen, the battles are just now beginning.  So who will take…

So.. Michigan dues payers.. Hows it workin for you?

You may have heard this, but Chrysler is bankrupt, and GM is soon to follow..  In fact, it could have all happened last year, and might well have served you better in the end. But nope, Your representatives stood by…

Regulatory Climate is the True Culprit.

I have written in prior posts on the benefits of reducing a regulatory environment to promote business, and still stand on the assertion that for every bill passed into law by congress and a capitulating Presidential signature, there are several…

Worth Reading..

“Is there a Ford in our presence?” An article at the Mackinac examines center compares results and conditions of then and now with regard to government interference in the free markets. This is the point being made in The Big…