tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post6514035079701450410..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Tarheel prison units closed with budget cuts, Michigan may expand good timeGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-67364089346981871722010-05-20T16:44:40.251-05:002010-05-20T16:44:40.251-05:00Please e-mail your concerns to LCSM@legislature.mi...Please e-mail your concerns to LCSM@legislature.mi.gov and/or LCGE@legislature.mi.gov...you can learn more about the LCSM at http://council.legislature.mi.gov/lcsm.html & the LCGE at http://council.legislature.mi.gov/lcge.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-36506691487463474482010-05-02T17:40:06.772-05:002010-05-02T17:40:06.772-05:00Excellent information. The only question I have is...Excellent information. The only question I have is this. With the vulnerable population in MI growing, are the other cuts to Michigan's budget truly strategic? It seems to me that additional cuts to such services as Secretary of State (basically record keeping), the judiciary & police to align more closely with the reductions to Michigan’s capacity to incarcerate citizens would be in order. Basically, continue with the educational and social safety net, and reduce what is viewed by most Americans to be intrusive “Big Government”; the more intrusive (and feared) components of MI Government; those agencies that are making Michigan (and the US as a whole) less competitive MUST cut from the state budget. We cannot continue to fund our own economic demise.Joe Citizennoreply@blogger.com