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			<title><![CDATA[Mich. never had a chance for VW]]></title>
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			<author>(Nolan Finley)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[Michigan learned today it lost its bid to win Volkswagen of North America's new auto plant.
VW will put the plant in Chattanooga, Tenn.
What's Tennessee got that Michigan doesn't?
Low taxes, for starters. Tennessee doesn't have a state income tax.
It also doesn't have a pro-union bias. Tennessee]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 5:41 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Pelosi dishonest on oil supplies]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is calling on the Bush administration to release part of the strategic oil reserve to spare Americans from rising gasoline and heating oil bills.
Clearly, the California Democrat understands the relationship between supply and price. And yet Pelosi remains staunchly]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 3:03 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Gun rights still tenuous]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[For years voters have been warned that electing a Republican president would tip the balance of the Supreme Court and threaten a woman's right to choose an abortion.
Despite the GOP holding the White House for 20 of the past 28 years, abortion rights are still intact.
I wonder if Second Amendment]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 6:21 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Gore appearance adds injury to insult]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Al Gore is a strange olive branch for Sen. Barack Obama to offer to Detroit.
The former vice-president, Oscar winner and arch-enemy of the internal combustion engine is to stand beside Obama tonight during a rally at Joe Louis Arena.
Don't miss the symbolism. Obama came here last fall and]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 5:13 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Taxes without cuts don't work]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Last year, we were told that Michigan could not cut its way to prosperity.
Now, it's pretty obvious the state can't tax its way to prosperity, either.
Despite a 20 percent tax hike, Michigan's budget will again be in deficit by the end of the year, perhaps by as much as $400 million. This despite]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 5:11 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fiorina challenges Michigan to change]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Carly Fiorina delivered the right message in her keynote speech tonight to the Detroit Regional Chamber's Mackinac policy conference.
Change, she said, requires strong leadership willing to confront the power of the status quo.
Michigan's leadership has dedicated itself to protecting the status]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, May 29, 2008 at 10:14 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Term limits reform may be dead]]></title>
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			<author>(Nolan Finley)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[The whining about the damage done by term limits has been incessant during the Mackinac Island conference for years now. But few people are willing to do anything about it.
The Kalamazoo Chamber of Commerce is trying to step up with a ballot drive to replace term limits with a part-time]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, May 29, 2008 at 1:59 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[More taxes coming?]]></title>
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			<author>(Nolan Finley)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[
 
You may not believe it, considering that Michigan was hit with a 20 percent tax hike last fall, but there's talk on Mackinac Island of the need for still more taxes to keep Michigan afloat.
Projections are that Michigan's budget will be at least $500 million out of whack by the end of the]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, May 29, 2008 at 1:58 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kilpatrick will use island time to fund raise]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is scheduled to spend two days on Mackinac Island this week for the Detroit Regional Chamber's annual policy conference.
That's led to a lot of speculation about how the embattled mayor will spend his down time. Will he stand around on the Grand Hotel porch making]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, May 27, 2008 at 2:43 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Middle Class will be just fine]]></title>
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			<author>(Nolan Finley)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[The concessionary contracts forced on American Axle and other union workers are being called the end of the middle class in America.
That's not quite right. They're an end only to the unskilled middle class.
Skilled workers at Axle didn't take nearly the wage hit of their unskilled co-workers.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, May 22, 2008 at 9:48 PM</pubDate>
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