Sanilac Economic Action League

12/15/2020

Never know when you are about to lose your freedom

12/06/2012

Governor Snyder will speak to this issue at 11 am today.

An article on liberty and free markets as sound public policy for Michigan.

11/08/2012

Back to work....

In this archival Free To Choose Network footage, Milton Friedman takes Q & A at Stanford University. The classic exchange might as well have taken place yest...

11/06/2012

Tomorrow we chose our future and that of our children.

The importance of this Election Day cannot be overstated. It's a chance for Americans to choose which path they wish to travel as a country. Those paths are vastly different. But the election's significance isn't limited to the White House. Far from it. Michigan citizens will send three candidates t...

10/24/2012

Should the SEIU be allowed to skim dues money from families caring for their own family members?

'They don’t receive sick time. They don’t get vacation time. They can’t file a grievance'

10/22/2012

A dangerous proposal. Unfortunately the MEA is a big supporter showing just how out of touch they are with the citizens of Michigan.

An article on liberty and free markets as sound public policy for Michigan.

10/21/2012

Very important votes coming. Even the Free Press is afraid of the consequences of 2, 3 & 4

The Detroit Free Press makes its recommendations on statewide proposals on the November ballot.

10/20/2012

For Immediate Release:
October 18, 2012

Contact:
State Senator Mike Green
Ryan Mitchell, Spokesman
989-928-5180

Green: Michigan can’t afford Proposal 3

Dear Editor

Soon voters will be deciding the fate of Proposal 3, which would require Michigan to generate 25 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2025.

I am urging people to vote no on this proposal for a number of reasons:

1) The constitution is no place for energy policy. If you put something into the constitution it is enormously difficult to change. That’s why no other state has ever put such a policy into its foundational document. Technology changes rapidly, so do electrical needs and our economy. We’d be foolish to give away our ability to adapt.

2) Michigan has not yet even met the 10% standard passed by a previous legislature in 2008. It’s estimated that the additional wind turbines required by this proposal would cost Michigan energy consumers at least $12 billion in higher utility rates and other costs. Translate that into $12 billion worth of college tuition, jobs or savings…gone. Higher energy prices also mean higher costs for goods and services. We simply can’t afford it.

3) The Bay Area and the Thumb would likely be the location of many of the 3,100 new wind turbines that would have to be constructed to meet the 25% mandate, requiring almost half a million acres of land. Such a demand on property could spur efforts to place turbines in our Great Lakes, something most Michigan residents oppose.

4) A Citizens Research Council report has said that the proposal’s mandates may make it necessary “for the state to supersede local authority for zoning as it relates to locating windmills.” That means that you and I could have little to no say in what happens in our own communities or perhaps even on our own property. As it stands now, these decisions are left to local government and their residents, as it should be.

Simply put, Proposal 3 will have disastrous consequences for Michigan’s economy, consumers, job creators and local communities. As laudable as the goal of renewable energy is, it must be approached in a thoughtful and affordable manner. Michigan can’t afford the poorly thought out approach in this proposal.

I respectfully urge voters to say no on Proposal 3.

Sincerely,

Mike Green
State Senator

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10/20/2012

Upcoming ballot issue - Proposal 4 is nothing more than a dues skim from families who take care of their own.

A one-minute video, with the Mackinac Center's Senior Investigative Analyst Anne Schieber, describing the effects of Proposal 4 (2012) should it pass. The so...

10/14/2012

Prop 2 must be defeated if Michigan is going to continue to move forward.

For the next three weeks, Gov. Rick Snyder should wipe everything else from his schedule and spend every minute campaigning to defeat Proposal 2. The success of his administration and the future of the state depend on it.

10/10/2012

Discussion of the upcoming ballot proposal.

Mackinac Center Investigative Analyst Dan Armstrong breaks down the numbers behind Proposal 3 supporters' claims.

09/24/2012

Skimming...

An article on liberty and free markets as sound public policy for Michigan.