Can Michigan Democrats leverage their position?

[Still a Democrat]

The Snyder budget is awful, but it's in trouble even with some Republicans mainly because of the proposed taxing of pensions.

So why not propose something like Democratic support if, say, the Earned Income Tax Credit for the working poor is spared? It's probably the most draconian part of the whole thing and the $350 million could probably be made up elsewhere.

It's going to be bad regardless, I just wonder if this opening can be leveraged to make it a bit better? The GOP has big majorities in both chambers, so it's going to require swallowing hard if we're going to have any influence.

[Julie]

We really are in a bad situation here. I dread what's to come in the near future.

Julie-in Michigan

[Cha]

(03-11-2011 02:18 PM)Julie Wrote:  We really are in a bad situation here. I dread what's to come in the near future.

Julie-in Michigan

I take it the economy was so bad in Michigan that the voters decided to get the lying republicons in and they're screwing it up like always?

Will there not be blowback eventually? What say the peeps on the ground?

And, OT, but how is your new business venture going, Julie?