DRIC offer inadequate (con't)

would provide hundreds of handy construction jobs)? The rally was to convince Republicans in the Michigan Senate to come on board and vote tax money for DRIC. Some of the GOP have argued it’s a waste of taxpayer funds especially considering Michigan’s deplorable economic condition. But let’s look at the Legislature’s make-up. As of last November the Michigan Senate had 22 Republicans versus the Democrats 16. The lower Michigan House had a majority of Democratic to Republican members 67 to 43. Wow, those anti-DRIC senators must carry an awful lot of weight, especially when you have Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm, a Democrat, strongly cheerleading for DRIC and, from all appearances at the rally, a wide cross section of Michigan’s political and economic elite. But, and just asking, where was the U.S. federal government’s (which is supposedly onside with DRIC) presence?

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