Michigan Congressional Democrats Make Wrong Choices For Michigan Residents

Elections have consequences. Eight years ago, Michigan voters choose to elect a Democrat as its Governor, and four years ago, they returned that Democrat to office and gave her a majority in the Michigan House. And these Michigan Democrats have since made the wrong choices for Michigan residents.

One such choice was Democrat Jennifer Granholm's decision to abolish the Department of History, Arts and Libraries, which was created less than a dozen years ago by Republican John Engler to better protect Michigan's history. This Department cost very little but performed an important function of protecting Michigan's history and heritage. Many feared that when it was abolished and its programs were re-organized, this would lead to the cancelling of many of those programs. They were right.

Granholm, and the Democrats in Michigan's Congress, recently abolished a $50,000 subsidy for the Michigan Historical Marker Program. This program places green metal markers statewide, commemorating everything from the Roseland Park Mausoleum in Berkley to the Michigan Central Railroad Depot in Grass Lake (1,630 markers total). It is a very visible and important program, requires one staff member for administration at the state level who verifies the history and writes the summary that is engraved on each marker, and operates at the cost of only $50,000 per year. And Granholm and the Democrats in Michigan's Congress cut it.

Democrats cut the Michigan Historical Marker Program ($50K/year) instead of cutting the Commission on Spanish Speaking Affairs Program ($250K/year), which assists Michigan’s Spanish-speaking population with education and employment- things which the Michigan Department of Civil Rights already deals with.

Democrats cut the Michigan Historical Marker Program ($50K/year) instead of cutting the Consumer Involvement Program ($200K/year), which supposed to help consumers participate in forums and self-help groups, and fund a consumer hotline. Few know of or even use this program.

Democrats cut the Michigan Historical Marker Program ($50K/year) instead of cutting the Community Mental Health Service Program (CMHSP), which dispenses $3.5 million dollars a year from the general fund to favored ethnic groups. Mental health services should not be withheld or dispensed on the basis of ethnicity.

Democrats cut the Michigan Historical Marker Program ($50K/year) instead of cutting Senior Volunteer Services Program, which gives away $5.6 million of this money from the general fund to people who choose to volunteer to help out others.

Democrats cut the Michigan Historical Marker Program ($50K/year) instead of cutting the Cooperative Extension Services program, which provides $27 million dollars a year from taxpayers to support educational programs for handicapped horseback riding, sewing, pottery, etc.

Elections have consequences. When you or your family members or your friends vote Democrat, they are choosing to support individuals who would spend thousands to millions of dollars more each year of your hard-earned money on the wrong things rather than not taking your money with lower taxes or funding small worthy projects like the Michigan Historical Marker Program. Keep this in mind when you vote for Michigan Governor and Michigan House and Michigan Senate in this coming election this November.