For example, we have known for a long time that our business climate is killing opportunities for job growth, and yet nothing was done to reduce/simply the Michigan Business Tax.

We've known that we have major structural problems in our state budget, and yet our leadership has failed to encourage substantial consolidation of duplicative governmental services that would save hundreds of millions of dollars.

I like what the Michigan Turnaround Plan has to offer (www.michiganturnaroundplan.com). That's a blueprint that, to me, makes a lot of sense.