Politics

These Right-Wing Lawmakers Seems Like the Worst Kind of Stalkers

December 14, 2012, 1:05 PM by  Darrell Dawsey

e state's budget and a special designation for a tax-delinquent billionaires to build sports stadiums with funding for schools.

Voters asked for a sober, focused and functional state legislature and instead got cultural warriors and corporatist loons who waste time fighting against motorcycle helmets, pushing to turn fetuses into tax exemptions and enshrining bigotry among counselors and caregivers. We wanted a moderate governor and instead got a treacherous right-wing ideologue in centrist clothing. We asked for good-paying jobs and instead got right-to-work legislation that's likely to depress wages and undermine both union and non-union labor.

Michigan asked for a way forward and instead got one-track-minded hacks who, as this morning's marathon codifying of anti-democratic ideals made clear, don't give a damn about what voters have to say.



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