Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Politicians - Gov. Jennifer Granholm
I wonder if it's constitutional to test candidates for executive positions in government.
Then, we could evaluate their scores before we give them a job...
Then, we could evaluate their scores before we give them a job...
Vrett Joshpe writes at CrossActionNews.com:
"Gov. Granholm presides over the state with the second-highest unemployment rate in the country and the fifth-highest taxes, and she actually thinks that raising the latter will lead to a decline in the former. Michigan also has the fifth-highest rate of foreclosure starts and the lowest rate of attracting new residents. During much of the past decade when the U.S. economy was growing at a healthy rate, Michigan’s was faltering with high rates of layoffs and taxes, and the state economy has shed approximately 300,000 jobs on Granholm’s watch.
In May, The Wall Street Journal reported that Michigan was facing a major budget deficit after Granholm raised personal income taxes and gross business receipt taxes by 22%. Higher taxes, rather than raising more revenue and narrowing deficits, have resulted in an exodus of productive citizens out of the Democratically controlled state. And despite budget deficits, Democratic legislators proposed a spending bill in 2007 that would have allocated $38 million of public funds to buy every Michigan student an iPod.
Now, as a result of the irresponsible fiscal management that has become so commonplace in tax-and-spend states like California, New York and Michigan, Gov. Granholm is seeking federal taxpayer dollars for her state, as well as the auto industry."
