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The Sick Man of the MIdwest
By Erick Posted in 2006 — Comments (0) / Email this page » / Leave a comment »
Thanks to Sheriff Bouchard for taking the time to stop by RedState. To give you an idea of what he and MIchigan are facing, you really need to take some time and read this article by Rich Lowry.
According to the free-market Mackinac Center for Public Policy’s analysis of United Van Lines data, Michigan is now the No. 1 state in the continental United States for outbound traffic. An estimated 65 percent of the moving company’s Michigan interstate traffic is families moving out of the state, headed to more economically open and vital destinations. As an official in Wyoming put it, “Michigan has been very good for us.” . . . Michigan was the only state in the country not hit by Hurricane Katrina to lose jobs between September 2004 and September 2005. The state unemployment rate just ticked up again to 7.1 percent, substantially above the nation’s rate of 4.7 percent. The rate of growth of its per capita gross state product is 49th in the nation; lowly Mississippi is 44th.
Sheriff Bouchard is widely considered the best hope the GOP has for picking up a Senate seat. You can support Sheriff Bouchard by heading to the Rightroots list and contributing. He needs all the help we can give him.