foolmenot.comThe welfare mentality is alive and well in the boardroom of The Bay City Times… They found out the feds are sending Michigan $15 million; “not nearly enough” they say.
”But we clearly need more money. And that can only come from the much deeper pockets of the federal government.”
Here's a really good one...
"Does anybody else find it odd that, while Congress can choke up $65 billion and more to clean up just one city, New Orleans, just a pittance in comparison is given to help the entire state of Michigan? So, yes, we feel more than a little put off that those who holler loudest are showered with money for their bad weather. "
This bunch would do well working for Granholm; that is for as long as Granholm has taxpayer money to pay them...
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Thursday, February 16, 2006
With Michigan teetering on the verge of an economic catastrophe, it's clear that state leaders have gotten the message.
Legislators and Gov. Jennifer Granholm late last year finally crafted a $1 billion 21st Century Jobs Fund to train workers and encourage companies in new, futuristic endeavors.
Even the federal government has chimed in, with $15 million over five years to help retrain workers for non-automotive jobs in 13 mid-Michigan counties.
We'll take every penny we can get to help remake Michigan's economy and reverse the exodus of our workers.
So we don't want to sound ungrateful when we say:
Fifteen million dollars to share over three years for Bay City, Saginaw, Flint, Lansing and the counties around them isn't nearly enough.
That's $5 million a year to spread thinly - very thinly - in the economic basketcase counties of Michigan.
The schools and agencies getting some of that money will divvy up $35 million in help or money to add to the job retraining kitty.
Looking at the numbers, it seems Michigan is mainly left to fend for itself.
We are up for the challenge, of course, because the stakes for people here are higher than for anyone on the outside.
Our friends and members of our families are leaving our cities and towns for work.
So Saginaw Valley State University, Delta College, Michigan Works! and other schools and groups will do their darndest with the federal money to prepare those who remain here for a more prosperous future.
But we clearly need more money.
And that can only come from the much deeper pockets of the federal government.
Surely, Uncle Sam and our representatives in Congress can come up with a massive program to rebuild our economy.
After all, the U.S. auto industry started here, is still centered here, yet the problems of General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co. and their suppliers have been felt all across the country.
Michigan's problems are the nation's problems.
Does anybody else find it odd that, while Congress can choke up $65 billion and more to clean up just one city, New Orleans, just a pittance in comparison is given to help the entire state of Michigan?
Our 10 million people invented, designed and built the cars, machines and, in war, the weapons - that were an enormous part in making and defending the United States of America.
So, yes, we feel more than a little put off that those who holler loudest are showered with money for their bad weather.
That's even while the rest of the country has prospered, Michigan led the nation in its numbers of unemployed workers.
We need more help - lots of it.
When Michigan is done rebuilding, retraining and remaking itself, the whole nation will prosper.
Who knows where we'll end up?
We should lead the way toward energy independence.
Michigan could, and should, invent new ways of doing things - new chemicals, new medicine.
And when somebody needs an anti-gravity, no-wheel-drive dohickey for a trip to Mars, let them come here.
This is where it will be made.
Sooner than later, with a lot more help