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Name: Rick Snyder
Age: 52
Occupation: turd
Last Seen: Ann Arbor, MI
Bee-otched For: wanting to sell the Mighty Mac
----Age: 52
Occupation: turd
Last Seen: Ann Arbor, MI
Bee-otched For: wanting to sell the Mighty Mac
For 53 years, Michigan's Mackinac Bridge has been a symbol of strength and durability, connecting the state's two peninsulas together. Prior to the bridge's erection, people would have to line up to take a ferry just to go from St. Ignace to Mackinaw City and vice versa.
But, Republican politics may make things harder for Michiganders to seek their pleasant peninsulas.
On Tuesday, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Virg Bernero visited St. Ignace - pop. 2,700 - for a "Save the Bridge" rally. In an interview with Detroit radio station WWJ, Republican candidate Rick Snyder said that he would be considering selling the five-mile bridge to a private interest to earn short-term cash for the financially-strapped state. The ironic thing is that Snyder has an image of the bridge in one of his many ads current running on Michigan TV while attacking Bernero for "never creating a job".
Bernero attacked Snyder by stating that selling the bridge to somebody else could mean higher toll rates and out-of-state workers running it. It could also mean a name change, like, in his words, the Tostinos.com Bridge or the McDonald's Mighty Mac Bridge. Bernero said later on, "It's funny to think about, but unfortunately Mr. Snyder is dead serious. It makes you wonder what other state treasures he might sell off."
Bernero continued, "I strongly disagree with Mr. Snyder on this. I will not consider selling off the Mackinac Bridge for one second," said Bernero. "The Mackinac Bridge is one of our state's most cherished symbols. This would be like selling out a piece of who we are as Michiganders. We need to stop looking for quick fixes to our budget problems. It's time to cut government and make it more efficient. That's what I've done to balance the budget without raising taxes every single year I've been mayor."
Us Stern fans know about outsourcing state entities all too well. Case in point, Kenneth Keith Kallenbach. The former Stern show wack packer was sent to jail for child abduction, but died after the jail he was sent to didn't give him the proper medication for his cystic fibrosis. His jail in Delaware County, PA was privatized and the company that owns it had a history of improper treatment of criminals. Same with a similar privately-owned jail, the PA Child Care detention center in Pittston Twp, which paid judges to throw teens into their jail in 2008. Michael Moore documented the controversy in his 2009 film Capitalism: A Love Story.
Point is, when the government sells off their entities, watch out. Hell, look at healthcare. In other countries, it's run by the government and everybody benefits. Here, the only people who benefit from healthcare are the billionaire CEOs that run the companies that are supposed to provide it to the people. Doctor's visit? Feh. No biggie. Cancer? Now, you're asking for trouble.
Look, Michigan. If you elect this idiot as our next governor, you can kiss it goodbye. Rick Snyder is just another wealthy CEO who's going to run this state only in his interest and nobody else's. Jobs ARE coming to Michigan, just wait and see. Jobs may come too under Snyder, but ones that will only cause people to only squeak by under his aegis.
Thanks, but I want a tough man who's focused and will turn Michigan around, not a man who will take the money and run. Michigan's governor's seat is not for nerds.
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