Tuesday, October 28, 2008

That’s a Real Titan of Industry

The State of Michigan is forming a new looting department, complete with czar.  The Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth.  Here is an alleged businessman’s response to the news, Rich VanderVeen, chairman of Mackinaw Power.

“We are grateful to see things moving in the right direction,” said VanderVeen, chairman of Lowell-based Mackinaw Power, which operates a pair of wind turbines in Mackinaw City. “It’s been a long walk.”

What a whiner, a long walk indeed.  Of course VanderVeen’s hope for illgotten gain is someone’s loss, and they are whining too.

State Rep. Arlan Meekhof, R-West Olive, a member of the House Agriculture Committee, said he favors consolidation if it cuts costs, but fears some programs could get lost, including biofuels.

“I would prefer it (biofuel development) stay with Ag, but it is the governor’s privilege to consolidate departments,” he said.

“More attention would be paid to it if it was assigned to the Department of Agriculture.”

Dang, I hate it when some other boondoggle, other than mine, gets to dip into the pot.

But what takes the cake, in regards to this pronouncement, is the wholesale swallowing of the belief that the state, and this new department, will create jobs.  The state creates nothing, it only loots.

Gov. Granholm creates energy department, state czar

All hail the czar.  Ha!

Posted by John Venlet on 10/28 at 04:54 PM
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