First, Michigan Right to Life. Soon-to-be-former House Speaker Andy Dillon (D, Redford) is a pro-life Democrat, but (surprise!) he's helping to delay an important vote to ban partial-birth abortion in the state of Michigan. Now, partial-birth abortion is a hideous procedure that even nihilistic Europeans find disgusting. Should be easy for one of the leading states in pro-life legislation to ban it, right? Wrong--and not just because the governor is pro-abortion. You see, it seems that (surprise!) the Democratic caucus doesn't really want to pass a partial-birth abortion ban. Look...I know there's nothing sexier to a conservative issue advocacy group than a Democrat who happens to stray from the party line on their issue. But the party's caucus is extremely important to them. That's why Michigan Right to Life needs to make sure that they're looking at the big picture and favoring pro-life Republicans.
Second, the Michigan Business Tax. We replaced the Single Business Tax, a horrifyingly complicated tax system for businesses that made doing business in Michigan a high-risk affair. This replacement was the Michigan Business Tax, which was supposed to be simpler and more favorably structured for investment. It turns out that they created a horrifyingly complex system that made doing business in Michigan nearly impossible unless the government picked you to win. Except this time the taxes were higher. The question here isn't how we can tweak it to make it better for businesses, or how we can make it stop hurting Michigan businesses; the idea isn't to try to make things better for businesses. The idea is to get a simple, fair, LOW tax system and then let the market chips fall where they may. In other words, let consumers decide who wins and who loses. Isn't the point to get consumers what they want?
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