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antitax jihad 
Tue Apr 17, 2007 at 18:04:59 PM EDT
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(Don't forget! - promoted by Hazen Pingree)
Update: Our side's rally is now christened the "Smell the Coffee Counter Protest." Thanks, Progressive!
I have been informed that in addition to the Artserve and AFT demonstrations tomorrow there will be a counter-protest to the coming Taxpayer Teabag Protest. (Please see my previous post on this for information on the Teabag Protest.)
Who: Anyone not a member of the Antitax Jihad
When: 10:45 am today, 4/18/07
Where: In front of the Austin Blair statue at the Capitol building in Lansing
I think that we can all agree that a plan made up of cuts alone to balance Michigan's budget will not, under any circumstances, make Michigan a better place to live. They will not bring back the Big Three, they will not magically put thousands of Michigan residents back to work, and they will not help those who have left the state finally come back home.
Cuts to education, public safety, and health care are not steps in the right direction: In a time when the private sector is failing us with daily reports of jobs and talented employees leaving the state, sometimes the public sector needs to pick up the slack. This will not create a new generation of welfare queens (as if they really existed in the first place), but will keep the next generation out of the cycle of poverty. It is NOT a luxury to receive a quality public school education, it is NOT a luxury to feel safe in your own home in your own neighborhood, and it is NOT a luxury to have a safety net provided for the physically, chronically, or mentally ill. The Governor's plan may not be the perfect solution--and she has always been open to debate on this--but it's far better than what these whackos are proposing. This is not liberal dogma. This is common sense.
Remember: 10:45 today at the statue of Austin Blair. I'll see you there.
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