The good, the bad and the ugly at the end of Michigan’s Democratic trifecta

And a bit of hope for 2025 - Jarrett Skorup  

As two years of full Democratic control of the Michigan Legislature come to an end, we can now look back on what the party accomplished...
The list includes:

• Hiking the income tax. Michigan became the only state in the country to increase income tax rates in recent years.
• Repealing the state’s right-to-work law. This is a $1,000-per-year hike on what workers in unionized firms are forced to pay.
• Higher energy costs that amount to $200 billion in total and hundreds of dollars per month to Michigan families, for increasingly bad service.
• Over the past two years, Democrats (and a few Republicans) also voted for more than $4 billion in corporate welfare – select business subsidies, paid by everyone else to benefit a few. These programs have been a historic failure, creating only one out of 11 jobs promised. 
• One of the latest deals saw taxpayers shell out $666 million to General Motors for fewer than 100 jobs...