W.O.T.

What’s Wrong With Michigan?

Last night Detroit TV station, Channel 7 ABC reported on the State of Michigan Budget negotiations now ongoing. The Legislature is refusing to raise any taxes, so that means cutting somewhere, and the usual target is Education.

Channel 7 News at 5:30 read two comments from viewers. The first comment was that if the educators had been doing a better job of educating our children, the State would have a surplus. [logic???] The second comment was that the first place to cut spending should be education, and that our teachers are overpaid.

This is a general opinion of Education in Michigan, where:

MICHIGAN HOUSE OK’S SKIPPING ALGEBRA II IN HIGH SCHOOL

(AP) -- Lansing, Mich. - Michigan high school students could skip algebra II and still graduate under legislation approved by the state House.

Lawmakers voted 97-10 Wednesday to pass the bill, which now goes to the Senate.

It likely will face opposition from [Democratic] Gov. Jennifer Granholm, who has said she doesn't want to water down Michigan's tough high school graduation standards.

This is the same State where Mitt Romney campaigned for the 2008 Republican Primary, telling us that you shouldn’t need a college education to get a good job. He also said he could fix the automobile industry and put us all back to work if elected President. Mitt won the primary here.

Michigan must be an attractive State for high-tech companies, with stone-age work force and great schools for their kids. Then there’s the roads…