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2007-04-14 Home Front: Politix
Michigan Governor Granholm Wants To Punish Poor, Disabled Veterans
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Posted by Anonymoose 2007-04-14 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11133 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Maybe MICHIGAN has read LUCIANNE'S article on how the state may be destined to become a future water-starved DUST BOWL ala Global Warming???
Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-04-14 00:17||   2007-04-14 00:17|| Front Page Top

#2 The only thing the state of Michigan remains committed to is the Democratic party, the only thing Granholm stands for is re-election.
Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2007-04-14 00:31||   2007-04-14 00:31|| Front Page Top

#3 I'm surprised Granholm didn't offer each of the vets an ipod instead.
Posted by GORT 2007-04-14 00:47||   2007-04-14 00:47|| Front Page Top

#4 From a detnews.com editorial:
We were both pumping gas at the Cumberland Farms in South Hadley, Mass., when the woman next to me smiled and cheerfully asked, "So, how are things in Michigan?"

"Worst economy in the nation," I replied, watching her smile evaporate into a look that said I was telling her something she didn't know. "We lead the nation in foreclosures. No one can sell their homes. And in just the last year or so, the auto companies have cut something like 100,000 hourly jobs."

She paused, concerned. Then she confessed that I'd "made her day." Why? Because she'd been brooding about how hard it is to get ahead, and I'd reminded her how much worse things could be. I also reminded myself how disconnected the rest of America is from the angst consuming Michigan.
Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2007-04-14 01:07||   2007-04-14 01:07|| Front Page Top

#5 "Massachusetts said goodbye to its last auto plant years ago. Its economy is growing. Its population is generally better educated with a substantially higher percentage of adults holding college degrees."

Talk to someone from MA. The economy is NOT growing - lack of tax revenues due to decreased earnings, both private and corporate, have lead to a billion dollar shortfall in the state government's coffers.

People are leaving the state in record numbers, and the bulk of these are the "educated"; the income tax was supposed to be reduced to 5% by popular vote several years ago and has not yet due to a greedy and irresponsible legislature (both houses of which are over 80% Democrat); the state has the highest capital gains ("unearned") income tax in the U.S., forcing many elderly to leave the state in order to retire; the infrastructure of roads and bridges is falling apart; the government is the most anti-gun of any state in the country; the illegal immigrant problem is out of control there, and the state government has a long record of encouraging illegals to move there.

In 1980, there were 50 Fortune 500 companies headquartered in MA. There are now less than a third of that number.

MI may have its problems. Emulating MA won't help them.
Posted by no mo uro 2007-04-14 07:03||   2007-04-14 07:03|| Front Page Top

#6 Oh, come on, give Governor Granholm a break! She has to finance abortion clinics, pay off the public school unions, and redecorate the governor's mansion somehow.

[/sarcasam]
Posted by Mike 2007-04-14 07:28||   2007-04-14 07:28|| Front Page Top

#7 NH has been turned from a red to a blue state by the hoards of people escaping Mass. The problem is that when they get here, they want the same tax and spend, granny state policies that they just left!
Posted by Jim 2007-04-14 07:59||   2007-04-14 07:59|| Front Page Top

#8 Bunch of Zimbabwe Bob wannabes?
Posted by Procopius2k 2007-04-14 08:30||   2007-04-14 08:30|| Front Page Top

#9 Governor Jennifer M. Granholm
P.O. Box 30013
Lansing, Michigan 48909
PHONE: (517) 373-3400
PHONE: (517) 335-7858 - Constituent Services
FAX:(517) 335-6863

I'm going to guess that letters would be more effective than e-mails; I'll bet she doesn't accept them from those who are not her constituents, ala Pelosi and Murtha.

I believe I'll drop her a note.
Posted by Bobby 2007-04-14 10:36||   2007-04-14 10:36|| Front Page Top

#10 Dear Governor Granholm:

I see in the Grand Rapids Press from April 13, 2007 that your executive orders are reducing private funds to disabled Veterans.

“ For residents of the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans, the summer carnival, concert trips or fishing jaunts on Lake Michigan are highlights of the year. They are now victims of the state's budget crisis, prompting complaints from residents and veterans' advocates. “

“Although the fund comes from private donations, including those made on state income tax forms, the state historically has had broad oversight over how the money is used. “

Widows and orphans, too Governor? Perhaps you can tax the homeless.

What will you do with those private funds, Governor? Redecorate the Governor’s Mansion? Fund you re-election campaign?

Words cannot convey my contempt of your apparent contempt of those who sacrificed their tomorrows for our todays.

My Father and Father-in-Law are both veterans; fortunately they live in Illinois. My son is also a veteran, but he lives in Texas.

Please reconsider your executive order, Governor. This is not 1975; American does not have contempt for veterans anymore.
Posted by Bobby 2007-04-14 10:51||   2007-04-14 10:51|| Front Page Top

#11 Well said, Bobby. Suggest you cc: the letters-to-the-editor pages of the Detroit, Lansing, and Grand Rapids newspapers.
Posted by Mike 2007-04-14 11:10||   2007-04-14 11:10|| Front Page Top

#12 Spell-check it first, there are errors.
Posted by Redneck Jim 2007-04-14 13:11||   2007-04-14 13:11|| Front Page Top

#13 I caught one that spell-check missed - you when I meant your.

WORD didn't find any others, except todays, which is more than one today. I heard that slogan on the radio from a outfit trying to get car donations for veterans - They gav their tomorrows for your todays. I like it.
Posted by Bobby 2007-04-14 15:51||   2007-04-14 15:51|| Front Page Top

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