5 of 6 Ballot Proposals Would Be 'Economically Devastating' to Michigan

In an interview with Dave Murray of MLive, Governor Snyder said that five of the six proposals on Michigan's ballot next week would be “economically devastating” to the state.

Murray asked Snyder what's so threatening about the proposals. Here's his response:

I wouldn’t use the word threat. I call it people who are pushing back when they are challenged when we say ‘Let’s move forward.’ When change comes, people can resist change. People adapt to change at different rates. And this is a case where we have a number of special interest groups that simply don’t like moving forward and looking toward the future. They’re trying to bypass the Legislature by simply putting stuff in the constitution that doesn’t belong there.

Michigan's reinvention is going strong. The state has balanced its budget two years in a row, unemployment has dropped 4.9 points since 2009, income, GDP and home sales are up, and Michigan was named the 12th friendliest tax system in America.

Unfortunately, Proposals 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 would get in the way of Michigan's comeback.

Read more of the interview here.