Lansing, MI – This week, Michigan business leaders, talking heads and legislators will gather on Mackinac Island for the annual Detroit Chamber Mackinac Policy Conference to discuss our state’s economic future.
Today our state’s economic reality is bleak, with many concerns on the horizon. Michigan has seen nearly the worst unemployment rates and manufacturing job loss in the nation, all while our roads continue to crumble, student performance continues to decline, and the next generation of Michiganders continues to flee our state for greener pastures elsewhere.
But the blueprint to reviving Michigan’s economy is easy if leaders in Lansing pursue a simple, common-sense agenda:
- Lower costs in Michigan for everyone by cutting taxes and cutting red tape.
- Fix our broken education system by funding students, not systems.
- Empower workers’ freedoms by reinstating Right to Work.
- Cut government waste and invest in the basics, like our roads.
“This week, you can expect to see a ton of pie-in-the-sky ideas on Mackinac Island, with self-declared experts claiming to have the new silver bullet that will turn Michigan’s economy around. But if Lansing genuinely wants to revive our economy, they simply need to follow the examples of conservative-led states like Florida and Texas who’ve fought to lower costs, invest in the basics, empower students, and embrace workers’ freedoms,” said Zach Rudat, Advocacy Director for Michigan Freedom Fund. “Families moving in droves from blue states to red states aren’t doing so for public transit or corporate handouts, they’re following the money and investing in states where it makes sense for them financially. If Lansing pursues these simple reforms, we’ll see Michigan thrive for years to come.”
House Republicans in Lansing are putting proposals like these into motion, with plans to cut taxes, reform K-12 education, fix our local roads without raising taxes, and cut red tape to save Michigan jobs.
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