Comments on: Michigan’s Choice: Join Knowledge Economy or Get Poorer http://domemagazine.com/blogs/extrapoints/ep041609 Michigan People, Politics, and Policy Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:32:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Karen http://domemagazine.com/blogs/extrapoints/ep041609#comment-908 Karen Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:07:22 +0000 http://domemagazine.com/blogs/?p=456#comment-908 Amen Lou and Arnold! Amen Lou and Arnold!

]]> By: bobdurivage http://domemagazine.com/blogs/extrapoints/ep041609#comment-902 bobdurivage Sun, 26 Apr 2009 20:37:40 +0000 http://domemagazine.com/blogs/?p=456#comment-902 You can't create enough jobs of any kind for a poulation of 10 million. We have to redefine growth and quit connecting it to the number of people. Snip snip. You can’t create enough jobs of any kind for a poulation of 10 million. We have to redefine growth and quit connecting it to the number of people.
Snip snip.

]]> By: arnold http://domemagazine.com/blogs/extrapoints/ep041609#comment-879 arnold Sun, 19 Apr 2009 20:35:55 +0000 http://domemagazine.com/blogs/?p=456#comment-879 Its not that Michigan doesn't grow enough talent, its that we don't keep them. And, along with creating the industries of the 21st century, we need to create communities of the 21st century as well.. We not only need to be investing in creating talent and the jobs that attract them but also the places they desire to live. Those places have walkable, vibrant downtowns and neighborhoods that are alive with restaurants, clubs, and cultural and entertainment venues. Such places go hand in hand with the other assets needed to compete in the 21st century. Its not that Michigan doesn’t grow enough talent, its that we don’t keep them. And, along with creating the industries of the 21st century, we need to create communities of the 21st century as well.. We not only need to be investing in creating talent and the jobs that attract them but also the places they desire to live. Those places have walkable, vibrant downtowns and neighborhoods that are alive with restaurants, clubs, and cultural and entertainment venues. Such places go hand in hand with the other assets needed to compete in the 21st century.

]]> By: Mercury http://domemagazine.com/blogs/extrapoints/ep041609#comment-877 Mercury Sun, 19 Apr 2009 03:42:38 +0000 http://domemagazine.com/blogs/?p=456#comment-877 We have a core choice before us. Per capita income has declined faster than any other state in modern history. We are now a poor state and we're not coming back any time soon. It is time for someone to think, lead and have some spine. We have a few prepared to lead....time for some spine and some long-term thinking rather than short-term thinking and political spin. We must create the new rather than fighting over who gets the urn full of the ashes of the old. On the D side can we quit bowing to the altar of labor - the UAW really isn't that powerful anymore - they killed GM - what is left to kill? On the R side can we quit having a competition to see who can promise the largest tax cuts - we're already insolvent? We have a core choice before us. Per capita income has declined faster than any other state in modern history. We are now a poor state and we’re not coming back any time soon.

It is time for someone to think, lead and have some spine. We have a few prepared to lead….time for some spine and some long-term thinking rather than short-term thinking and political spin.

We must create the new rather than fighting over who gets the urn full of the ashes of the old.

On the D side can we quit bowing to the altar of labor – the UAW really isn’t that powerful anymore – they killed GM – what is left to kill? On the R side can we quit having a competition to see who can promise the largest tax cuts – we’re already insolvent?

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