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Politically Powerful Special Interest Gets Special State Tax Break — The SEIU will receive a $2 million discriminatory tax break from Michigan's "economic development" empire.

The Luckiest ZIP Code in Michigan — Recovery.gov lists the Lansing ZIP code as receiving $1,217,275,548 in stimulus funds.

'Pirate Radio' Capsizes From Lack of Weight — "Pirate Radio," in theaters now, is a silly and inconsequential movie that represents a missed opportunity to show the negative impacts of government overreaching into what should be a private enterprise.

From South Detroit to Shockandawe — When one hears numbers of "jobs created or saved" by various government programs, it appears to be more and more likely that such numbers were pulled by someone out of the vicinity of his or her own back pocket.

Cold, Hard Cash — Salary freezes for teachers are sometimes not salary freezes at all.