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    That’s worth spelling out: twenty-eight point nine percent.” Then, our governor had to compare our state to Mississippi. "What we’re fighting for is for Michigan not to be Mississippi" Gov. Jennifer Granholm told a radio interviewer. Full Article at The Oakland Press
    What we’re fighting for is for Michigan not to be Mississippi
    Jennifer Granholm – Jennifer Granholm SOURCE: The Oakland Press 4 weeks ago
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Leadership adding to state's bleak reputation
  1. It’s just so simplistic to say that!
    Jennifer Granholm – Jennifer Granholm SOURCE: The Oakland Press 4 weeks ago
  2. Meanwhile, the new business taxes didn’t balance the budget. Instead, thanks to business closures and relocations, tax receipts are running nearly $1 billion below projections and the deficit has climbed back to $2.8 billion.
    SOURCE: The Oakland Press 4 weeks ago
  3. How many private-sector jobs has Jennifer Granholm created? ... In her two terms of governor, which will expire next year, the state of Michigan has lost 630,000 jobs. In the next 14 months, it is expected that the state of Michigan will lose another 370,000 jobs for a grand total of 1 million jobs lost...
    SOURCE: The Oakland Press 4 weeks ago
  4. Government has never increased the standard of living of one single human being in civilization’s history ... For some reason that simple truth has evaded everybody. The only thing that creates an increased standard of living is giving someone a job, the demand for their labor. ... And soaring rhetoric ...
    Steve Wynn – Steve Wynn SOURCE: The Oakland Press 4 weeks ago
  5. That’s my point, Governor. I’m not making any other point. And, believe me, ma’am, I’ve got 20,000 employees. I’ve had as many as 150,000 families that I’ve been self-insuring. There’s nothing ‘simplistic’ about my approach to this problem.
    SOURCE: The Oakland Press 4 weeks ago
  6. Everyone knew Detroit’s reputation for insular, slow-moving cultures
    SOURCE: The Oakland Press 4 weeks ago
  7. In 2007 Gov. Jennifer Granholm signed the biggest tax increase in Michigan history, with most of the $1.4 billion coming from business
    SOURCE: The Oakland Press 4 weeks ago
  8. I’m saying that the source of government revenue, the source of well-being in this country is employment. That allows companies to pay taxes, employees to pay taxes. That’s the source here and it’s gotten out of focus.
    SOURCE: The Oakland Press 4 weeks ago
  9. That was a really stupid thing for her to say and she should come and visit Mississippi before she says a stupid thing again
    SOURCE: The Oakland Press 4 weeks ago
  10. By any quantifiable standard, the city is on life support
    SOURCE: The Oakland Press 4 weeks ago

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