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Hard choices face Michigan, and union wage & benefits premised labor is losing to "right to work" states without the regulatory labyrinth of city, county, and township ordinances backed by big labor's past negotiations. Michigan's economy has not adapted but rather, has scared off entrepreneurs and established businesses seeking to hire proud and hard working Michigan residents who could do the work, if the state, the municipalities, and big labor would get out of the way.

p>Some economic growth and prosperity would make Proposal 2 a lot easier to pass in this state. The woes of Michigan have been blamed on everyone from former governor John Engler to the Bush Administration to NAFTA. Labor and the state's bureaucracy whistle past the many vacant homes for sale across the state hoping that some "miracle" saves them. For Michigan to prosper again…quickly, they are the first ones that need to be kicked to the curb. br> -- P. Aaron Jones br> Huntington Woods, MI /p> p> To me quotas are saying, "Blacks and women are just too stupid to get ahead on their own." br> -- Elaine Kyle /p> p> FEELING THE COLTS' KICK br> Re: Peter Hannaford's Taxpayers Held Hostage :

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