Governor Granholm today held a meeting with the State's university presidents and select members of the college's respective boards. Instead of being open-minded and willing to work with all parties to find a solution to the higher education funding crisis, she failed to invite republican members of the boards. Come on!
As for her ideas, she has been floating a tax increase to fund increases to the dismal higher education appropriations of recent years. She proposes up to a 5% increase in state appropriations to universities in exchange for a tax increase. This is not the answer. How about we shave some fat off other state expenses before we go and raise taxes, Madam Governor? What happened to the promise you made about not cutting education funding, Madam Governor? I thought we were investing in our future?
I am a firm believer that education is the most important producer of social mobility that we have. The University of Michigan and other state universities are bright spots within Michigan. With our state in such an economic mess, we should not be raising taxes nor cutting education.
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worst governor in any state, in history.
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