People Before Profits! Congratulations Michigan Democrats!

July 15th, 2006 | by christine |

Congratulations and thank you, Dianne Byrum and Bob Emerson!

Yesterday in my Shiawassee Weekly, I blogged about the misguided politics of the Chamber of Commerce … and from the mouths (keyboards) of fools …

The Michigan State Chamber of Commerce released their 2005-2006 Job Providers Index covers a wide range of business issues. This year, the voting record in the State House includes 21 key votes on topics including: tax policy, energy, environmental quality, health care, human resources, telecommunications, education, and tourism. The voting record in the Michigan Senate consists of 22 key votes on similar issues.


Allow me to interject a translation:

  • Job Providers – CEOs
  • Job Providers Index – things that make CEOs happy
  • Tax policy – don’t tax business
  • Energy – don’t stand between me & my oil
  • Environmental quality – don’t make me responsible for it
  • Health care – I’ve got mine
  • Human resources – workplace safety really cuts into my profits
  • Telecommunications – don’t compete with me
  • Education – I’ve got mine
  • Tourism – repeal the helmet law

Moving on:

The average score for the Senate Republican Caucus was 89 percent while the average score for the Senate Democratic Caucus was 42 percent. Equally dramatic was the difference between the average scores for the House Republican Caucus at 97 percent and the House Democratic Caucus at 39 percent.

Also striking, when it comes to the issues of jobs and the economy, were the contrasts between the Senate Majority Leader Ken Sikkema (100 percent) and Senate Minority Leader Bob Emerson (29 percent), and House Speaker Craig DeRoche (100 percent) and House Minority Leader Dianne Byrum (38 percent).

Sometimes the low score is the best score!

The Chamber of Commerce is NOT the authority on what’s best for the economy.

Thank you Michigan Democrats!

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