Alexis de Tocqueville once wrote:
"The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money."
We've certainly gotten to that point, and then some.
In a demonstration of direct democracy, some activists have discovered they can push ballot proposals to give them access, through the government, to other people's money.
The Detroit Free Press: 3 citizen initiatives could get OK for signatures today
The initiatives include:
To allow for voting by mail: Read that as "Make vote fraud easier".
To increase the corporate tax rate to 11%: As one wag in the comments noted, it's the "Help businesses move to Ohio" initiative. Hey if you can get corporations to pay for your government largess and you don't understand the economic effect on both business and your economic opportunities as a result, why not right? What could possibly go wrong?
To force small businesses to have up to 40 hours worth of paid sick days and other businesses up to 70. That won't increase employer costs and move small businesses even closer to the edge now will it?
I'm surprised the initiatives didn't just cut out all the games and instead push a ballot proposal demanding the State of Michigan set a minimum wage of $60 per hour to make everyone in the state middle class.
After all if they vote for it, it must be make such a result, right?
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