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| The Government of Michigan, Shut Down | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Sep 30 2007, 09:40 AM (558 Views) | |
| Shawn | Sep 30 2007, 09:40 AM Post #1 |
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Dazed and confused.
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http://www.michigan.gov/ Figured this was... pretty extremely important to all you people in Michigan, which is like half of PA. |
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| Ninva | Sep 30 2007, 10:48 AM Post #2 |
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Ignorant. ಠ_ಠ
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Government shut down? ... Wow... |
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| ABeakyboy | Sep 30 2007, 11:03 AM Post #3 |
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Yeah, pretty pathetic if you ask me.....we need to balance the state budget, and it's not happening. Granholm says that we need to raise taxes to do get enough money to balance the budget, but I feel that that's a bad idea; Economics 101 states that if you raise taxes, growth will decrease. We're already the worst state economically...we need to lower taxes not raise them. This state is a mess, and people are leaving because of a lack of jobs. Why do you think my dad is working in Tulsa, Oklahoma right now? So, how can we balance the budget? My solution: cut spending. For instance, the MDEQ is currently spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in idiotic lawsuits to try to keep people from cleaning the weeds of their beaches and saving the "red daise." If I had it my way, I'd just cut the environmentalist whacko spending. If we cut the MDEQ's spending to zero, the budget would be a surplus, assuming things haven't changed...I actually looked it up a while ago and the amount of spending of the MDEQ actually was double the deficit. So anyways, if I was the legislature, I would just keep stalling so the government shuts down. They're not going to cut spending to make up for the deficit, obviously, and a forced shutdown is better than raising taxes if you ask me....but you know, since this is a primarily Democratic state, they're gonna eventually pass the tax hike, futher hurting the business that's left. I hope this doesn't happen, but I'm thinking it will. But anyways, that's just my rant. I have a personal bias because I was the one forced to hand-pull the weeds off our beach because we weren't allowed to clean it using a tractor. It's this idiotic waste of money that's hurting us. We need to spend what we have sensibly. Saving the environment is nice, but let's do it the right way. |
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| Ninva | Sep 30 2007, 11:18 AM Post #4 |
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Ignorant. ಠ_ಠ
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Why not just leave the weeds to anyone who wants to pull them out. When it becomes a problem people will react, but I have to agree with Aaron.
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| Saya | Sep 30 2007, 12:15 PM Post #5 |
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5000+ posts oh yeah!
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I heard something about it the gov't shuts down then the schools would shut down too, but I highly doubt that. |
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| ABeakyboy | Sep 30 2007, 12:39 PM Post #6 |
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me too, but I can't be sure. I think if schools were going to close Monday, that you'd know about it. |
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| Ninva | Sep 30 2007, 02:04 PM Post #7 |
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Ignorant. ಠ_ಠ
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How long will the schools stay shut down? |
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| ABeakyboy | Sep 30 2007, 02:42 PM Post #8 |
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I think we just made it clear that schools are not shutting down...unless my brother hasn't been told (he goes to Public School). : ) I'll let you know for sure tomorrow. |
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| Ninva | Sep 30 2007, 03:07 PM Post #9 |
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Ignorant. ಠ_ಠ
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I was asking if that would happen.
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| Saya | Sep 30 2007, 03:40 PM Post #10 |
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5000+ posts oh yeah!
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Most likely not. Its not like it would help us or anything. |
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| Jason McNelson | Oct 1 2007, 08:16 AM Post #11 |
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The 'Desert Fox'
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Lansing raised the taxes. "w00t! Throw gasoline on the fire! WEEEEEEeeee!"
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I am Jason. ROAR![]() I'd better not get any more awards or I'll move into a higher tax bracket. **** "Grant Me: -One Opportunity to influence the course of history. -The foresight to anticipate that opportunity. -The conviction to plan for it. -The fortitude to implement the plan. -The intensity of action to make it work. -The flexibility to change it when it won't. -The loyalty to self to admit defeat. -The humility owed to victory. -The tenacity to continue." -General Tommy Franks | |
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| James | Oct 1 2007, 08:23 AM Post #12 |
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I guess it didn't happen, but they said that if it was shut down for 15 Days, then some schools would start shutting down. |
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| ABeakyboy | Oct 1 2007, 09:23 PM Post #13 |
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Well the state has again raised taxes. Talk about shooting a dying economy in the foot. We need to cut spending not raise taxes. Raising taxes will only make businesses less likely to move in. |
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