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There's a reason Rove is 0-2 in Michigan, and why he polled less than the "weak candidate" Dick Posthumus.

985 posted on 01/07/2004 1:48:49 PM PST by Dan from Michigan ("Every man dies. Not every man really lives")
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This just cost him Michigan AGAIN. In my town right now, AB Electrolux is in the process of holding up the Union, the city, County and State hostage. They gave the City until last Monday to propose cost cuts that would allow them to still operate in the State versus moving to Mexico.

The City is supposedly going to offer them Property and tax abatements to build a NEW factory that would eliminate 1/2 of the current jobs.

The Corporation is supposed to let the City know by friday what they decided. 2700 jobs. Almost 1/3 of the City's Population.

This Amnesty deal will make a few of those folks think about who they should vote for... Companies leaving and Illegals being granted amnesty.

And before anyone jumps on me for that statement, allowing someone to stay in a country they snuck into is amnesty. Whether it is permanent or not is yet to be determined.

There's something these pols have to think about, and how it effects their jobs. It's not just the 2700 people that lose their jobs that are screwed over since the company decides to be unAmerican.

Those workers have families. They go to restaurants and eat. They go to town bars to watch the game. Not for awhile. If most customers are those workers, they go out of business, and there's more lost jobs. Any other towns nearby that have a lot of commuters to that company? Same thing there. The whole county is effected. Guess that family isn't going up North this summer either. Less tourism for the state. Outside of basic needs, the costs cut. That's less revenue for the state as well through sales taxes. Many people will move. That hurts the county services which means more cuts and more taxes on local levels.

Many of these voters are very conservative, pro-life, and pro-2a, but are they going to vote for the incumbent when this took place? I don't know, but I wouldn't be so sure about another 55% top of the ticket in your county, especially if it's Gephardt.