Pile Up by Turtle Creek by The Rocketeer"
WOOD-TV reports that Senate Republicans on Thursday passed a $34-per-student cut for schools, then voted for hundreds of millions of dollars in cuts to local governments, community corrections, health care, arts funding and other programs.
"Today we resolved the budget like we wanted to and we killed for good this $1.5 billion tax plan of the governor's."
- Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop, R-Rochester
State Budgeting Fun Fact!
The deficit grows by $130 million each month it isn't resolved. -Detroit News
"I'm not surprised it took you so long to unveil these cuts. I'd be embarrassed, too."
- Sen. Liz Brater, D-Ann Arbor
Show Me the Money?
The $34 will be a represent of about a half a million dollars for Flint & Lansing and over $4 million for Detroit for the current fiscal year which ends in June for schools.
Thanks to For my amusement only for the find.
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One of the most frustrating things about this whole budget mess is how it plays in the wider media. Consider this headline from my news feed:
The person who knows little about Michigan other than -
a) It's cold.
b) The economy is bad.
and
c) Detroit is like Iraq
- can now add the happy fact that we are cutting education.
What I believe both sides of this squabble are failing to see is that the person who knows little about Michigan doesn't know that we are a lovely state with great people. They just know the headlines.
That picture is soooo fitting.
Thanks for the laugh.
And you are right- this can't look good to the outside world, especially Wall Street and any business thinking of coming here.
Grumble.
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