Lansing, MI – Today Governor Whitmer’s administration will unveil their budget recommendation for Fiscal Year 2026. Going into the presentation, Michigan taxpayers have a lot of questions:
- Why has the governor still not delivered on her key campaign promises after six years on the job, like fixing the roads?
- Will Governor Whitmer use Republicans as a political scapegoat for her own inaction, despite her party having full control of Lansing for two years?
- Why does the Governor think we need new taxes to fix the roads when spending in Lansing has increased by over 40% on her watch?
- How does blindly throwing tax dollars at our problems actually solve them?
- Why is Governor Whitmer doubling down on wasteful spending and corporate handouts instead of prioritizing the basics?
“Talk is cheap but actions are priceless. For years we’ve had empty rhetoric and cringy TikToks from Governor Whitmer but little to no action on the key tenets of her promises to Michigan taxpayers,” said Zach Rudat, Advocacy Director for Michigan Freedom Fund. “Governor Whitmer is in her fourth quarter in Lansing and her time is running out. She’s stuck with a stark choice in her closing years as Governor with divided government: will she work with Republicans on common sense conservative solutions, or double down on her tried and failed “my way or the highway” approach to governing?”
House Republicans have capitalized on their majority with common-sense conservative solutions that align with Whitmer’s priorities, including a roads plan that doesn’t raise taxes, and transparency measures that will bring more oversight to the budgeting process.
# # #
