Meet the detestable and liberal Governor Jennifer Granholm of Michigan, the economic incompetent who destroyed the Michigan economy.
Michigan’s economy is currently tied for the highest unemployment rate in America. (As of October 2008, Michigan’s unemployment rate was at a stunning 9.3%.) Rhode Island, another state dominated by Democrats, also has a sterling 9.3% unemployment rate.
For much of Granholm’s first term, Michigan’s unemployment rate hovered around 7%.
Not surprisingly, many people are leaving the state. Between 2000 and 2005, Michigan ranked #49 in retaining young adults.
According to this economic illiterate, Jennifer Granholm, not nationalizing the auto industry is “unAmerican.” Not bailing out the auto industry is “unAmerican.” Government interference in the private sector, however, is the primary principle upon which America was founded. I’m sure the Framers mentioned it in the original draft of the Constitution. Somehow they forgot to include it in the final draft.
Now for all her economic ignorance, for all her damage to the people of Michigan, for all her support and devotion to auto and teacher unions, Granholm wants the federal government to save her. her state. Apparently an expansion of an already behemoth federal government is “American” for Granholm.
As for the Republicans in the Senate, I applaud them.
The Hill: Mich. Governor Granholm: Vote Against Auto Bailout “Un-American” by Michael O’Brien
Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D) said it was “un-American” for senators to have voted against approving a bailout of troubled automakers last night, saying their vote may cause a recession to become a depression.
“It is unacceptable for this un-American, frankly, behavior of these U.S. senators to cause this country to go from a recession into a depression,” Granholm said during a radio interview Friday morning.
Negotiations over an agreement to assist Michigan’s Big Three stalled last night in a 52-35 vote on a procedural motion to bring up the package for a vote. Republicans largely opposed the bill after it failed to win concessions from the United Automotive Workers union on wages and benefits.
“It is such an unbelievable stab at workers across the country,” Granholm added. “You give this big bailout to these financial institutions–don’t ask a single question, they can do what they want–and then you lay the blame for the auto industry, which is a victim of this financial meltdown, on the backs of the people who are working on the line.”
Granholm, along with members of Michigan’s congressional delegation, have been pressing for lawmakers to pass an assistance package. All but one member of Michigan’s House and Senate delegation have voted in favor of the package.
Rep. Tim Walberg, a first-term Republican defeated in his bid for reelection, was unable to make the vote due to a medical procedure the day of the vote. He has stated he would vote in favor of the package.
America has become a nation of beggars.
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