[eraser2005]

Michigan's unemployment rate was 6.2% when Engler left office. Look it up here:

BLS regional report, January 2003

The budget numbers are available on the Michigan Office of the Budget's website.

Michigan Office of the Budget

You're going to find your info is flat out wrong because you've decided that Engler left office 2 years before he actually did.

I think if you look carefully, the budget and unemployment situation in Michigan are VERY closely correlated to the fates of the Big 3 - which are determined by their mismanagement and the unions, not by the governor.

[1rudeboy]

When did Engler leave office, January of 2003? How are you coming up with the notion that I'm off by two years? I'm showing that I was off by one year (that's what I get for doing things from memory), wondering what relevance it has to my last comment on this thread, and laughing in your face.