As another 1,000 jobs were lost in Michigan today, state House Democrats again ignored the state's massive economic crisis and instead forced the chamber to vote on feel-good legislation that overregulates job providers.
Democrats today considered bills that place unnecessary regulations on children's toys. The federal government already oversees toy safety.
"House Democrats continue to bat 1,000, and it's a stat that will get them nowhere near the Hall of Fame," said House Republican Leader Kevin Elsenheimer. "Michigan is losing an average of 1,000 jobs per day. In our opinion, the only legislation that would feel good right about now is anything that creates a job.
"Democrats continue to overregulate the state and disregard Michigan workers. Not only are Democrats ignoring our economy, they're taking active steps to make it worse with politically-charged bills that create even more regulations that will drive away more jobs and businesses."
Earlier this year, the Democrats' moratorium on clean, coal-fired electricity generating facilities led LS Power to cancel a planned facility in Midland, which cost the state 1,500 jobs. House Democrats also recently enacted bills to expand unemployment benefits, which will place a $60 million tax increase on job providers starting in 2011, and approved budget bills that allocated taxpayer dollars that don't exist.
Elsenheimer said there must be more urgency on the part of the Michigan House, especially with a Revenue Estimating Conference planned this Friday. Some analysts are predicting the state could have another $1 billion deficit.
"Safe toys is an important issue, but Michigan has a thousand other priorities right now, and there will be 1,000 more tomorrow," Elsenheimer said. "We must enact reforms that attract new jobs and investment to our state. That is our top priority; everything else comes in a distant second."
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