Tag: Mackinac Center (page 5)

Pardon me.. do you have a second?  I just wanted to say...

OK.. not exactly it, but a good representation of prognostication with regard to this issue.  But this time with a little twist of lemony puckering.

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Unfinished Business — The UAW could still bring the Big Three down.

NFIB Files Brief in Support of Mackinac Center Legal Foundation Case — The illegal shanghaiing of home-based day care providers into a union has attracted the attention of the National Federation of Independent Business.

East Lansing's Teacher Contract Analysis — Compensation, health insurance, overtime and bonus pay.

Lehman: Bold Strokes Needed to Save Michigan — Bringing state and local public-employee benefits in line with the benefits offered in the private sector would save Michigan $5.7 billion annually.

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Golden Ticket — Video: Scarce slots at a charter school lottery. (Related story here.)

I'm Your Vehicle, Baby — The White House to buy cars from government-owned GM.

Proposal Would Punish Prudent School Districts — An attempt to micromanage school budgets isn't likely to help schools become fiscally stable.

Nobody's Servant — Public employees make more than private-sector workers.

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Running Hot and Cold — The next wave of climate change.

Economic Development 'Chicanery' — Lift the rocks and see what scuttles out.

Little League Advice for Schools — School districts in Michigan would benefit from some advice from a Little League coach.

'Cause You Know It Don't Matter Anyway — High and dry, and out of the rain / It's so easy to hurt others when you can't feel pain!

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Texas Two-Step — Why Michiganders are moving to the Lone Star state.

A Little Goes a Long Way — The government is already too involved in health care.

See You in Court — The Mackinac Center appeals day care unionization case to the Michigan Supreme Court.

'Green Bonds' House Bill Encourages More Debt — If HB 5663 is the best lawmakers can do, we would be better off if they stayed home.

Michigan Employment and Personal Incomes Better, But... — Transfer payments, which are largely government for social assistance programs, increased substantially in Michigan. Without them, Michigan drops to 41st among the states in per capita personal income.

A MEGA Blast From the Past — We've been here before.

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Funds Disclosure — Convicted embezzler and tax-credit winner isn't the only one withholding critical information. (More articles on that theme here, here, here and here.)

New Census Data: Michigan Economy Suffering More Than State Budget — Squeezing blood from a rock.

Reorganization of Departments of Natural Resources and Environmental Quality Is Bad News — "Matrix management" is a major glitch.

A Case for Private School Choice in Detroit — A universal tuition tax credit program would make high-quality education available to all students.

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This Just In: Convicted Embezzler's Business Awarded State Tax Subsidy — Richard A. Short, shared the stage with Gov. Jennifer Granholm.

No Checkbook Left Behind — More Michigan school districts get on board with transparency efforts.

MEGA Jobs Announcements Symbolic Drop in the Bucket — Press-release economics aren't the answer.

Michigan Service Tax Proves (Groucho) Marx Correct — Expanding the sales tax to more services is the wrong remedy.

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Reject state employee pay raise.

Climate of extremes.

For those of you keeping score at home, the latest on union corruption investigations in Michigan.

Western School District budget, compensation and insurance data explained.