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News! Granholm and Mackinac Center inch closer to budget deal!By leondrolet, Section News
At an afternoon press conference called by the Governor today, Granholm admitted to knowing hundreds of millions of tax dollars are wasted every year. This from Gongwer News Service:
"And she (Granholm) rejected the idea that the state could cut as much as $900 million or $1 billion from the budget, as some Republicans are calling for. She said the state could cut perhaps a little more than $300 million, but no more than that." Wow. Governor Granholm finally now admits that state spending has not been "cut to the bone" like she has been saying since she passed her first budget in 2003. That means that in the last five years, Granholm admits to have wasted $1.5 billion on stuff that knows the state doesn't really need.
This new admission puts Granholm closer to the Mackinac Center for Public Policy's proposal to balance the state budget with $1.9 billion in suggested spending cuts. You can read the Mackinac Center's full list of spending cuts here: http://www.mackinac.org/article.aspx?ID=8798
I wish the Mackinac Center continued success in their education of the Governor. Speaker Dillon has allowed all House members to leave for the evening if they stay within two hours of the Capitol. Republicans in the House are holding strong so far, but Dillon is working over some softer Republicans every day. Your calls and emails are holding Republicans together as `NO' votes on this tax hike. The vulnerable-seat House Democrats (called the "Yellow 10" for refusing to vote either way) are waiting to cast their `no' votes on the tax hike, but only after enough Republicans vote `yes' to get the tax hikes passed. If 10 Republicans vote for this tax hike, meaning the most vulnerable Democrats safe to vote `no', who is there left to recall? RINO season! Recall 1983?
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