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15.2%: Mich. Unemployment Continues in Wrong Direction

Blog Post by Scott Hagerstrom
Numbers out today indicate the Michigan unemployment rate for June is moving in the wrong direction. The unemployment rate came in 1.1 percent higher than May at a 15.2 percent rate. In total employment in Michigan fell by 35,000 people in June.

Lansing still does not get it. Many in Lansing believe the way out of our dire economic circumstances is to raise taxes. Legislators have proposed increases on property taxes, the gasoline tax and income taxes. Much of the political class believes the answer to Michigan’s problems resides in draining resources out of your wallet and into the hands of Lansing bureaucrats.

Just this afternoon I was on the Lansing radio program City Pulse. I had the pleasure of debating MEA pollster Bernie Porn and liberal economist Doug Drake. They were advocating for an increase in a new sales tax on services or for an increase in the income tax. These two longtime Lansing operatives believe there is nothing left to cut.

According to these two the only solution is to increases taxes which will force hardworking families to cut their budget so that Lansing can maintain the status quo. Why do politicians continue to fund bureaucrats at the expense of Michigan workers?

Apparently by taxing you more they believe that there is room in your budget to cut. They believe the family budget must be bloated and needs to be raided to preserve the Lansing bureaucracy.

Here at Americans For Prosperity-Michigan we believe they are wrong and state government needs to embrace real reforms and not turn to your hard-earned paycheck to solve their incompetence.

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