Payne: Obama the heartless CEO?
But if the GST Steel episode makes Romney a heartless corporate ogre, then what does Obama’s record at GM make him? When Obama’s auto task force took GM into bankruptcy, the Detroit icon had 92,000 employees. It emerged from Obama’s Chapter 363 restructuring with just 77,000. That’s 15,000 lost jobs. - 1:00 am
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The decline in Michigan's unemployment rate has not been due to people dropping out of the labor force - as has been the case nationally. One Tough Nerd deserves much of the credit for Michigan’s economic rebound. The elimination of the Michigan Business Tax is a key driver of Michigan's resurgence.
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The Nerd recovery
The decline in Michigan's unemployment rate has not been due to people dropping out of the labor force - as has been the case nationally. One Tough Nerd deserves much of the credit for Michigan’s economic rebound. The elimination of the Michigan Business Tax is a key driver of Michigan's resurgence.
- 05/18/2012
Schmidt the Chameleon
Schmidt has been heavily involved in the Grand Rapids community for so many years, and built so many relationships - why toss them all aside? Why anger your long-time supporters by encouraging them to donate to your campaign, knowing full well you’re going to turn around and stab them in the back four days later?
- 05/18/2012
Home, sweet Mitt-igan
The formerly deep-blue state of Michigan is becoming more and more of a toss-up. This terrifies the Left and its media allies. A win in the Wolverine State was once unthinkable. Prior to the last week of polling, nobody thought there was even an outside chance that Romney could actually compete in his home state.
- 05/17/2012
College is the new High School
"Because we'll all be college educated." He smiled. "We need an educated workforce," he said. "If we all go to college, we'll be more competitive, because we'll have a college educated workforce."
- 05/17/2012
‘Shut up,’ Democrats argue
Not to get all apocalyptic, but free speech is under sustained assault in this country. Things will only get worse if Democrats regain control of the House and retain the White House this fall.
- 05/16/2012
Littman: Detroit kick the can?
Will it work? In comparison to the successes achieved by emergency managers throughout Michigan over the past two years, Detroit’s consent agreement could prove to be just another kick of the can down the road.
- 05/16/2012
