Both the Detroit News and the Detroit Free Press had some good things to say about our recently released six-point plan for helping reform Michigan's economy.
Tom Walsh quoted Doug Rothwell in the Free Press: "We spend too much time trying to be average. But average isn't good enough. We hear people say we're an average state in terms of tax burden, but the total costs for business are quite high," he added, citing utility costs, labor costs and the fact that Michigan lacks some intrinsic advantages of other states where population is growing."
The Detroit News Editorial Board wrote that our reform "principles do not represent a radical restructuring of state government. They are simply a handful of basic steps that any business facing a fiscal crisis would put in place without a second thought" and "No successful business would continue to increase spending while revenues were falling, without exploring all options for cutting expenses."
Hopefully the reaction in Lansing will be as positive, and 2008 will be the beginning of a sustained turnaround for our great state.
What do you think? You can read our State Structural Reform Agenda here. Let us know what else you think the state could do.
