If we were running the state government like a business, we would look at a combination of cuts, strategic investments and revenue increases. We wouldn't be cutting our research and development arm when they have the potential to strengthen the bottom line in the future. But here we are talking about cutting our universities and colleges when they are producing our next generation of workers and serving as economic engines for the regions that they reside in. Instead of making key investments in our infrastructure, we put it off for another budget cycle.
We would also examine our price structure or in government's case its tax system. We would expand the base of services taxed by the sales tax like other states. We would align our laws and sentencing guidelines with other Great Lake States to reduce the expenditures in the corrections budget. We would eliminate budget loopholes that don't bring anything to our bottom line. Corporate tax breaks should create investment and build the economy and if they don't they should be eliminated. We always say government should be more business like so let's get to it!
