Yes, Doctor, there is a pulse...

It's been a tough past year for those of us on the Democatic side here in Michigan--Gov. Snyder, with strong majorities in both the Michigan House and Senate, has rammed through anti-worker legislation (shortened time for Unemployment Insurance, Workman's Comp  rules changed to favor businesses, taxing seniors' pensions, Emergency Managers who can rip up union contracts, trying to destroy public workers collective bargaining agreements) and because he balanced the budget quickly (big fucking deal, right?) he's basically been given a free pass by Michigan media.  And to make matters worse--especially with seeing the recalls in Wisconsin and the victory of SB5 in Ohio--the Democratic Party here, still led by the same man who led us to such humiliating defeat in 2010 (Mark Brewer), basically rolled over and played dead.  Sure they voted against most of Snyder's and his republican cronies proposals, but it was with a decided lack of loud vocals.

And this week in the lead up to Gov. Snyder's State of the State address last night (yawn--it was brutal, but a harbinger of republican groupthink, i.e., "I balanced the budget, that will take care of everything!"), the Free Press ran nothing but puff pieces, other than this hard-hitting letter to the editor which the weenies edited so the comment concerning Snyder and the 1% did not appear.

Depressing.

Until I came across this--naturally not in the Free Press--Michigan Democrats are proposing free college tuition for Michigan students paid for by...wait for it...eliminating corporate tax credits.  No raising taxes, and it fulfills a key piece of Snyder's "agenda"--attracting business to Michigan by improving the level of talent in Michigan through better education.  My guess is it has zero chance of passage--but we can certainly use it in November to show just who it is greases the republican's (limo) wheels.  More kids in college or more corporate welfare:  you decide.

That's a battle we should love to have.

Peace,
emaycee