As the state does its part, one better way to reduce government spending would be to turn to Ford, General Motors and Fiat-Chrysler, recipients of public taxpayer dollars.
James M. Hohman
A guest author for Bridge Magazine.
James M. Hohman is the director of fiscal policy at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy.
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Opinion | How the pandemic will hit local government pension systems
Local governments were already carrying pension debt before recent market declines. Now they will struggle to pay for losses their plans have incurred during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Opinion | Stop pleading poverty, Michigan colleges. Taxpayers are plenty generous
Maybe the state Legislature shouldn’t be debating how much money to give Michigan’s public universities, but how little. It’s time for taxpayer-supported colleges to get serious about financial restraint.
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Concentrated benefits, diffused costs: How popular are public subsidies of private business, anyway?
One way to find out would be to put these economic-development handouts to a vote. San Diego said no to a new stadium, but Detroiters didn’t get a voice on theirs.
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Rising university costs, not falling state aid, is the real reason for lack of affordability
Skyrocketing tuition can only be flattened by a massive state-aid injection, these analysts say. And Michigan has better things to do with that kind of money.