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Imagine, the president singling out Michigan in his historic inaugural address. President Obama appeared to speak directly to Michigan when he declared, "Our time of standing pat, of protecting narrow interests and putting off unpleasant decisions - that time has surely passed."
The Citizens Research Council, (www.crcmich.org), Michigan's oldest and most respected nonpartisan, public policy research organization, in its recent report sums up Michigan's inaction. The report, "Michigan's Weakened Financial Position and the Problem of Dual Deficits," notes "that Michigan is ill-prepared to deal with the current cyclical problems associated with the national economic recession because it has failed to deal with the underlying structural deficits that have existed since FY2000."As President Obama's chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel stated, "You never want a serious crisis to go to waste." Crisis is not too strong a word to describe the mess we are in as a nation and state. Michigan, we have been in a crisis for some time. You would think it would create a sense of urgency for action. To date, it has not.Why? Because there has been no constituency for change.See the full content of this document
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Change: Can Michigan Dance to Obama's Beat?
Imagine, the president singling out Michigan in his historic inaugural address. President Obama appeared to speak directly to Michigan when he declared, "Our time of standing pat, of protecting narrow interests and putting ...
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