StooltimeCounseling's Blog

I'll start by repeating what I've suggested in other posts: Tax abatements for businesses to offer them a fiscal incentive to either stay in Michigan or set-up shop in Michigan. To qualify, the business would need to employ a minimum number of workers. That number could be decided by an economics expert.

Michigan needs to project an attractive business culture so more people work and pay taxes in Michigan. Share the tax burden by employing more workers. Employ more workers by attracting more businesses to Michigan.

Strength in numbers rather than strength by raising income, sales or business taxes.

Tall,

You're right! Funny you said that, I was just talking about this to my cousin on Sunday.

Just saw in the news last night that Macomb will be cutting too. I think they realized that you can't raise taxes anymore, there's no people left to pay.

Saleries of the State elected officials should be cut by 3-5%. Should be done by performance. ie..showing up to vote on measures, leave the politics out of it, but whether he/she does their job. Put in the honest hours to get things done.

She wants our help, it seems like all she wants is our money and jobs

It is too late. She has already blown me away!! That's one promise she kept to us!! One great idea would be to step down with all other idiots that backed her!!!

If it's not something 'she' wants then it won't happen anyway.
Here's an easy one. She'll say she's already taken a pay cut by giving 5 or 10% of her salary back but does that come close to paying for the office, staff and expenses of her spouse? Why do we need to pay for this for ANY Governor's spouse? Oh of course she'd say that and any other small items combined don't raise revenue just reduce costs.
So how about she stops giving away future tax dollars of this State by ceasing granting tax incentives? Stop the incentives and doesn't that raise revenue? She'll say the job increases are worth it but where are they all with the unemployment rate here still rising? Have any of these jobs been guaranteed to present residents of Michigan?
Granholm just wants more money to spend as she in her infinite wisdom as Queen of our State sees fit. After over 4 years she's still blaming everyone else including the citizens. Wasn't it she who said something like it's not our money?

There all alternatives stated not just 'Bash and Trash' and I'd bet none of them are done. If you want to accuse us of insulting Granholm why not look at the other side of the coin and look at her insulting the citizens of Michigan? George W. Bush was asked why he wanted to be President in an interview the first time he was running and he said something like because then no one can tell me what to do. Hasn't Granholm done the same? Evidence, her stand that she would not sign a budget extension that did not guarantee her tax increases, her position that the citizens are not looking to the common good and it's not our money anyway which basically blames us for the deficit and says pay for these services because you should (reminds me of the line, because I'm the mother and I said so). She's looking to big dollar cuts and not the smaller items that would add up and should be eliminated. After all, doesn't she say we should think outside the box? Or does that only qualify if it is inside her box insulting us further by implying we aren't intelligent enough to have a box outside of hers. Could predict her response to whatever is proposed but that's too easy.

Granholm deserves to be "BASHED and TRASHED" she is USELESS, a year from now there still will not be any new jobs and MI will still have the highest unemployment rate with only half the citizens remaining. I have seen over the past couple months all kinds of suggestions on what could be cut from the budget.

heres a suggestion Grandholm and everyone that supported her to leave the state of Michigan because Michigan has went down the toilet sense Grandholm took a step into office

Dfro,
Here's a sugestion to you rather than insult people why not use your skills to say what's wrong, and what you think could be done to improve it.

Tall, your last comment is like watching a home burn and trying to decide whether to call the fire department or put it out by yourself. LOL