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Kids in a Candy Store

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on 12 November 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Here is a letter I recently sent to the Midland Daily News:
Dana Saxton is troubled by Granholm’s proposal to slash the agricultural extension program (Support Extension, November 12).  She lists several benefits, and concludes by stating: “We need to act now! If we don’t act, we will regret it for a long time… Don’t let [...]

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The Silverdome and Sunk Costs

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on 13 October 2009 | 2 Comments »

Kurt Bouwhuis, Mackinac Center Intern,
This morning, I read an article titled Pontiac opens bidding for Silverdome.  The article primarily focuses on the costs of the facility as well as various people’s opinions of the auction.
The article fails to recognize the economic idea of a sunk cost.  The initial cost to build the stadium as well as [...]

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Lay Your Weapons Down

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on 27 July 2009 | 2 Comments »

Last Friday Governor Granholm focused her weekly radio address on the Michigan Economic Development Authority (MEGA), and called for help in keeping the program running. MEGA, which offers tax breaks as an incentive to draw employment to Michigan, has already reached its legal limit, and cannot offer additional tax breaks for the remainder of the [...]

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Hmmmmm…..

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on 7 July 2009 | 2 Comments »

Kurt Bouwhuis, Mackinac Center Intern
I was recently reading the Michigan Liberal blog, and came across an interesting sentence: “I just became aware of this, but it’s worth thinking about while also remembering that the construction of the other proposed coal plants likewise will get passed right along to customers.” Eric B. at Michigan Liberal
I think [...]

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Sarcasm??? I Hope So….

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on 29 June 2009 | 3 Comments »

Kurt Bouwhuis, Mackinac Center Intern
“We’ve heard a lot of whining over the last few months that the “cost” of coming climate change legislation will kill jobs, destroy industry, kick puppy dogs, sicken orphans … basically the same old barge filled with scary warnings that have been used since time immemorial about every major piece of [...]

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Michigan Medicaid Issues

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on 8 June 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Kurt Bouwhuis, Mackinac Center Intern
Cuts in Medicaid payments are beginning to place a strain on medical doctors in Michigan.  Within the last month, Governor Granholm announced a 4% cut in payments across the board for hospitals, dentists, and doctors who treat Medicaid patients.  The last reduction in Medicaid payments was in 2005 when the rates [...]

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Smoked Out

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on 3 June 2009 | Leave a Comment »

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Tobacco, once the sustainer of American business may soon find itself thrown from the workplace altogether.  Last week the Michigan House voted 73-31 to ban smoking in workplaces, with the exception of cigar bars, smoke shops, and three Detroit Casinos.  This comes in the wake of recent bans passed by Wisconsin and the tobacco giant North Carolina.  Altogether, over [...]

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Another Stonehenge Discovered Under Lake Michigan?

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged on 14 January 2009 | Leave a Comment »

A group of researchers using sonar to find shipwrecks on the bottom of Lake Michigan have found something far older than crashed cargo ships. They believe they’ve found a 10-thousand-year-old stone structure like Stonehenge, including a rock carved with the image of a mastodon. io9 pal Geoff Manaugh reports over at BLDG BLOG that the [...]

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The Bigger The Unproductive Firm, The More Vital It Is To Let It Fail

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on 17 November 2008 | 1 Comment »

Editor, Washington Post
1150 15th St., NW
Washington, DC 20071
Dear Editor:
Countless flaws infect the arguments – offered in your pages today by both Jeffrey Sachs and Robert Samuelson – for a government bailout of GM, Ford, and Chrysler. Not least among these flaws is the common presumption that these firms are too big to be allowed to [...]

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Bailout the “Big” Three?

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on 11 November 2008 | 3 Comments »

Kurt Bouwhuis, Mackinac Center Intern
“In the United States alone, U.S. automakers directly employ about 355,000 workers, and another 4.5 million Americans work in sectors that are supported by the auto industry. Auto manufacturers are the largest purchasers of U.S. manufactured steel, aluminum, iron, copper, plastics, rubber, electronics and computer chips. Hundreds of automotive suppliers in [...]

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Michigan’s #1 Planner “Creates” New Jobs!

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on 30 October 2008 | 3 Comments »

Kurt Bouwhuis, Mackinac Center Intern.
I logged onto Jennifer Granholm’s personal website today searching for something to write about.  Her homepage was plastered with announcements of all the new jobs she will be creating for Michigan.  At first glance, this job creation would appear to generate positive results for Michigan’s economy.  After some additional thinking, however, [...]

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“Poor governance creates poor policy. That’s what we have.”

Posted in economics, tagged , , on 18 September 2008 | 1 Comment »

–Lauren Ruhland, 2008 MCPP intern
It doesn’t get much more explicit than that.  From the Associated Press via Mlive:

Michigan’s economy suffers not from a dependance on auto manufacturing but from poor governance, said Robert Genetski, an economist from Chicago.
Genetski, Heartland Institute policy adviser, offered research that showed Michigan’s decline from being one of the healthiest economies [...]

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Granholm Going to Japan

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on 15 September 2008 | 1 Comment »

Kurt Bouwhuis, Mackinac Center Intern
“Governor Granholm leaves Monday, September 15 for a three-day jobs and investment mission in Japan. She will visit 22 companies in three different cities, highlighting all Michigan has to offer as a great place to do business.”
I thought Michigan’s business climate was so attractive that there would be no need to [...]

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Is Bringing jobs to Michigan a Worthy Goal?

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on 2 September 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Kurt Bouwhuis, Mackinac Center Intern
In Michigan, it seems that all we hear about on the news is the great jobs Jennifer Granholm brings to Michigan.  I find it puzzling, however, that we still have an unemployment rate that is significantly higher than the national average.  If Governor Granholm actually brought jobs to Michigan, I would [...]

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Granholm and MEGA Announce 9,495 New Michigan Jobs

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on 21 August 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Kurt Bouwhuis, Mackinac Center Intern
Yesterday, I came across this headline while reading a blog. The author of the blog post was so proud of the Gov. Jennifer Granholm for bringing all these great jobs to Michigan. I have no problem with attracting new jobs to Michigan, as long as no coercion involved. [...]

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