No time to comment as we’ve got a guest in town today, but I did want to pass along this link to Salon dotcom. It’ll take you to an article by Edward McClelland on the future prospects of Michigan. Here’s the headline:
With unemployment the worst in the nation, and the government on the verge of shutdown, it’s time for my home state to drive toward a new way of life.
Discuss.
[Thanks to Andrew and Kerri for sending in the link.]
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For the moment, this takes the pro-income tax argument off the tablr about “when Lansing fixes the issue … blah, blah.”
Certainly, the State of Michigan isn’t going bust. But we can only hope to the gods that this fiasco helps chnage the minds of a few hundred thousand voters about term limits, who the hell they voted for, and some of the goofy laws, policies and politics in this State.