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    Who are the NERD fund donors Mr Snyder?

    Raise the curtain.

    In the MACKINAC CENTER Sphere Today


    By THE MC Mackinac Center Blog, Section News
    Posted on Tue Jan 05, 2010 at 08:43:08 AM EST
    Tags: Mackinac Center (all tags)

    The latest posts from the MC, the Mackinac Center blog.

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    Vote Early and (Not So) Often — Which Michigan legislators missed the most votes in 2009?

    Collecting More Taxes From Fewer People — Despite Michigan's numerous shortcomings, one area where we excel is tax collections.

    While I Was Away — Paul Kersey discusses a Detroit teachers' concession and a Detroit News blog post.

    Mackinac Center Legal Brief Part of Howell Teachers Union Case Today — The case stems from a 2007 request by a private individual for about 5,500 e-mails between Howell Education Association union leaders and Howell teachers sent using school district computers. A Livingston County judge in late 2008 ruled that the e-mails are public record, which the union appealed.

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    Missed/Non votes should count as a no (none / 0) (#1)
    by jgillmanjr on Tue Jan 05, 2010 at 10:34:15 AM EST
    I've been thinking lately that missed or non-votes should count as a no-vote.

    Think about it though, it would force people to actually show up to pass through legislation that kills rights.

    Yes, it could go the other way and hurt legislation that gives us our freedoms back, but as John Stossel points out in a column concerning filibusters:

    Of course, the filibuster and other stalling methods can be used to stop bills that would advance liberty, like tax cuts and the repeal of restrictions. But I'll play the odds. On any given day, what is Congress more likely to do: violate or expand liberty? As 19th-century New York Judge Gideon Tucker put it, "No man's life, liberty or property are safe while the legislature is in session."


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