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End mandatory collective bargaining for government employees who already enjoy civil service protections. » www.mackinac.org/2309 |
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Eliminate the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC). » www.mackinac.org/10896 |
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Privatize some state prisons. » www.mackinac.org/7083 |
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Lower government employees' compensation to the average rate for private-sector workers performing comparable work. » www.mackinac.org/8207 |
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Require school employees to pay the same amount to
their health insurance benefits as federal employees
in this state. » www.mackinac.org/14155 |
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End the Michigan Economic Growth Authority (MEGA). » www.mackinac.org/7099 |
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Close down the 21st Century Jobs Fund, a business-subsidy and government-ownership program. » www.mackinac.org/7123 |
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Replace conventional health insurance plans for government employees with health savings accounts (HSAs). » www.mackinac.org/9358 |
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Fund public universities primarily through a standard per-student grant or voucher, with a university's research financed in a separate line item. » www.mackinac.org/7703 |
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Devolve State Police road patrols to county sheriff departments. » www.mackinac.org/5373 |
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Eliminate state subsidies to the cooperative extension service and to Michigan State University's agriculture experiment station. » www.mackinac.org/5325#AES |
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Eliminate state film production subsidies. » www.mackinac.org/10733 |
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Stop paying Amtrak an annual state subsidy. » www.mackinac.org/7402 |
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Eliminate Medicaid spending not mandated by federal regulations. » www.mackinac.org/6580 |
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Prohibit providing government employees pension, health care and other fringe benefits that exceed the average of benefits provided in the private sector. |
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Eliminate — or cut in half — "Merit Awards," "Promise Grants," or other non-need-based college scholarships financed by tobacco lawsuit proceeds. » www.mackinac.org/7602 |
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Require local bus systems subsidized by state road tax dollars to generate at least 20 percent of their operating expenses from fares paid by riders. » www.mackinac.org/9688 |
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Enact smarter sentencing for nonviolent offenders. » www.mackinac.org/8845 |
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Adopt a constitutional amendment similar to 2007 Senate Joint Resolution E, which would require setting aside 4 percent of projected revenue when adopting annual state budgets. » www.mackinac.org/9913 |
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Repeal laws that mandate binding arbitration in labor disputes between local government and police or firefighter unions. » www.mackinac.org/8328 |
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Require every state department and agency to post an expense register online that is at least equivalent to the one currently provided by the Michigan Department of State. » www.mackinac.org/9854 |
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Repeal the state's "prevailing wage" law, which prohibits awarding government construction contracts to the lowest bidder unless it pays above-market wages. » www.mackinac.org/8907 |
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Pending repeal of the state's prevailing wage law in total, repeal it for schools. » www.mackinac.org/3844 |
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Pending repeal of the state's prevailing wage law, revise it into a "median wage" law focusing on low-wage, rather than high-wage, workers. » www.mackinac.org/8935 |
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Abolish special incentives to turn food or plants into fuel. » www.mackinac.org/9269 |
