To: 1rudeboy
"Michigan has led the nation with the most new factories and expansion projects."
But elect the current socialist, RAT Governor, and all those jobs headed for the door.
We need to send her dumb a$$ back to Toronto, with a garbage truck under each arm!
131 posted on
02/03/2006 8:42:23 AM PST by
Beagle8U
(An "Earth First" kinda guy ( when we finish logging here, we'll start on the other planets.)
To: Beagle8U; eraser2005
Other highlights of the Engler administration include:
- passing the $675 million Clean Michigan Initiative to reduce pollution, fix up state parks, improve water quality and clean up contaminated sites;
- trimming state government personnel by more than 20 percent (excluding state troopers, prison guards and other public safety workers);
- transforming the $1.8 billion deficit he inherited to a $1.3 billion surplus; [hey, eraser, did 'ya see this?]
- restoring Michigan's AAA credit rating;
- helping nearly 300,000 families achieve independence from cash welfare and reducing welfare rolls by nearly 70 percent;
- restructuring the regulation of energy and telecommunications industries to increase consumer choice and reduce rates;
- investing a record-high $1.54 billion to fix our roads in 2001 alone - more than four times the amount spent in 1990;
- reducing violent crime by more than 25 percent;
- serving an additional 45,000 patients annually with mental health services;
- giving Detroit's mayor authority to appoint the local school board and speed up the pace of reform;
- increasing K-12 education spending by 84 percent; and,
- dramatically improving student reading and math test scores.
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