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    Who are the NERD fund donors Mr Snyder?

    Raise the curtain.

    When will Lansing get around to addressing our challenges?


    By dennislennox, Section News
    Posted on Fri Jul 24, 2009 at 07:25:46 AM EST
    Tags: unemployment rate, michigan, lansing, dennis lennox (all tags)

    Cross-posted at Dennis Lennox for State House

    While the the rest of the country is beginning to experience what we have went through for the last seven years, Michigan's economy continues to worsen.

    According to Gongwer News, only two of Michigan's 83 counties have unemployment rates less than 10 percent. If that wasn't bad enough, 36 counties had unemployment rates over 15.2 percent with Baraga County at a shocking 26.4 percent.

    Northern Michigan's unemployment rates have decreased slightly due to seasonal employment, though the situation is still troubling because too many children grow up watching their parents work only four or five months a year and collect public assistance for the rest of the year. This is unacceptable -- it institutionalizes a mindset that welfare is acceptable and does little to improve the next generation's future.

    Lansing has to stop looking at our challenges from a Republican or Democrat mindset. It's time to come together. Our great state deserves better.

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