Who's gonna pay for this?
Story this afternoon at Freep.com about Michigan Dems and their pie-in-the-sky proposals.
The Michigan Democratic Party plans to test support for an array of populist ballot proposals, with an eye toward mounting one or more petition drives to put the questions before voters in 2010, state party Chairman Mark Brewer said today.
Proposals include:
- hiking the minimum wage to $10/hr for all workers
- imposing a 12-month moratorium on foreclosures
- cutting utility rates 20% across the board
- requiring all employers to provide health care to their employees
- hiking unemployment benefits $100/week and extending them for six months
If you force businesses to pay higher wages, they won;t hire the workers and an additional cost of FORCING companies to provide insurance for workers will lead to more expenses and potentially more layoffs because they can't afford the extra expenses. What is this? Massachusetts?
Lower electric bills and bigger unemployment checks are feel-good ploys for this state wracked by the Bush/Obama Recession. Dems are gonna lose the next gubernatioral election anyway as their candidate is the current Lt Gov, who has reigned over this state's debacle with JenJen. (Gov Granholm)
The Michigan Democratic Party plans to test support for an array of populist ballot proposals, with an eye toward mounting one or more petition drives to put the questions before voters in 2010, state party Chairman Mark Brewer said today.
Proposals include:
- hiking the minimum wage to $10/hr for all workers
- imposing a 12-month moratorium on foreclosures
- cutting utility rates 20% across the board
- requiring all employers to provide health care to their employees
- hiking unemployment benefits $100/week and extending them for six months
If you force businesses to pay higher wages, they won;t hire the workers and an additional cost of FORCING companies to provide insurance for workers will lead to more expenses and potentially more layoffs because they can't afford the extra expenses. What is this? Massachusetts?
Lower electric bills and bigger unemployment checks are feel-good ploys for this state wracked by the Bush/Obama Recession. Dems are gonna lose the next gubernatioral election anyway as their candidate is the current Lt Gov, who has reigned over this state's debacle with JenJen. (Gov Granholm)