Just Get Government Out Of Way
Published: February 14, 2005
The news from government last week leaves one to wonder what has snapped. Proposed policy initiatives may as well have come from the moon. That President Bush is proposing a 50 percent reduction in federal revenue sharing –— especially affecting the state of Michigan — while taking the record as the president who has expanded government more than any since LBJ, leaves the most conservative among us to wonder what happened to the bastion of Republican ideals: less government, more freedom. The Grand Old Party initiatives are then followed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s wish to have voters approve a $2 billion bond issue for the “21st Century Jobs Initiative.” The state with the highest unemployment rate dares to tell its dwindling citizenry they ought to add to their tax burden … from what pocket? It is the essence of denial.

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