Don't some of these sound like the union initiatives that were slated for last year's ballot in Colorado? (These are actual proposals from Michigan's Democrat State Chairman).
Their aim apparently is to improve the lot of Michigan citizens. But
the result, as anyone with an iota of sense can see, would be to
inflict horrifying damage on an already staggering state economy. They
include:
● Mandating all employers to provide affordable health care for all their employees and dependents or pay a penalty.
● Raising the minimum wage from $7.40 per hour to $10 per hour and covering all workers with no exceptions.
● Increasing unemployment benefits by $100 a week, making all workers
eligible and adding six months to the time one can receive benefits.
● Cutting utility rates by 20%.
● Imposing a one-year moratorium on home foreclosures.
Some of these, I suppose, are arguable, depending on
the dollar amounts—the employer health insurance mandate and increasing
unemployment benefits. But overall this is a program to pillage the
private sector and drive it out of Michigan.
Barone's mocking suggestions:
● Mandating all employers to provide health insurance that covers everything for all employees and dependents or face a penalty of life imprisonment without parole. (Michigan’s Constitution has banned capital punishment since 1855.)
● Increasing unemployment benefits by $1,000 a week, making all workers and job applicants eligible and adding 10 years to the time one can receive benefits.
● Cutting utility rates by 99%.
● Imposing a 100-year moratorium on home foreclosures.
