Granholm to Unemployed Michiganders: Drop Dead

Some people are gluttons for punishment.

We love the state of Michigan, which contains some of the greatest outdoor space and seashore in the U.S. as well as the nicest people imaginable. Except for the fact that most people in the Lower Peninsula at least, vote for Socialist Democrats no matter what, which completely baffles us, given what they've been getting from the Peoples' Party: economic disaster for themselves and the generations that will follow.

Thus, we end up with the worst state in the union from an economic standpoint, an absolute basket case. Michigan boasts stratospheric tax bills, lousy services, and, increasingly, no jobs at all as the auto industry and the unions do their best to write a quick obit for what was once the soul of Detroit. Small wonder that Michigan now has the highest number of mortgage foreclosures in the country. Hard to pay on a mortgage when you can't find work anywhere.

Yes, life in Michigan is tough. Think things couldn't get worse? Think again.

Governor Jennifer Granholm—recently returned to office, like Socialist Senator Debbie Stabenow, by voters seemingly incapable of rational thought—has just repaid her constituents for their support:

Gov. Jennifer Granholm is warning that unless lawmakers take immediate steps to raise taxes, she will cut school aid by as much as $125 per student.

Hey, now there's a solution that hasn't been tried before. Want more companies to do business in Michigan and start creating jobs to replace the tens of thousands that have already left? Just impose even HIGHER taxes on all those ungrateful, unemployed, lazy, crybaby bastards that happen to live in Michigan. That's showing them!!

What a concept! Does Granholm have a clue or what? You lose jobs, you lose entire industries, you lose population, you lose hope, and you RAISE TAXES????????

Granholm also employs the terrorist tactic of threatening everyone's kids as if there is not a single alternative to this, a time-honored favorite of Democrats everywhere. Rather than, say, cutting this or that political subsidy to pressure groups—like maybe teachers' unions whose annual dues collections amount to a gigantic Democrat PAC—Granholm somehow figures she's going to squeeze more money out of unemployed workers who are losing their homes.

That's right. Scare 'em into supporting something they can't pay for anyway. (Someone else will. Last one out of Michigan, please turn out the lights.) That's real Democrat leadership for the 21st century. Pay up, or I'll screw your kids, and the ignorant little twits will never get to be Governor like me!! BWAHAHAHAHAH!!!

Michiganders, I love ya, but you have simply got to wake up. Don't do this to yourselves again in 2008. Give yourselves a blessed chance and start voting for people who promise to CUT taxes and encourage business. Not ones that threaten your kids unless you pony up money that you don't even have. THINK, next time, please.