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From the Detroit Regional Chamber of Commercials:
Jeb Bush And Rick Snyder: A Political Match Made For Mackinac Policy Conference
MLive.com: May 27, 2013
LANSING, MI Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder may not like politics, but he loves policy, and he appears to have found something of a kindred spirit in the heir to a political dynasty. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, the son and brother of two past presidents who is a possible 2016 candidate himself, is scheduled to deliver a keynote address at this weeks Mackinac Policy Conference, organized by the Detroit Regional Chamber with input from Snyder, who has taken a hands-on approach to agenda setting at the annual event since taking office in early 2011.
SOURCE: http://www.detroitchamber.com/mpc/
Getting America to continue waterboarding with Trickle Down Voodoo tonic will be the least of the Koch brothers' problems if the prince of the BFEE joins up with the "Mackinac Center Amway toady as Governor" in the spot-on description by DUer corkhead.
byeya
(2,842 posts)We need to get back to the concept of social good and get away from the parasite capitalism that has captured both major political parties.
Money whores everywhere you look.
Thatcher took milk from grade schoolers and was applauded for it. After 50 years of the modern environmental movement, the despoilation of the ecosphere is more extensive now than ever and not a bleep from the WH. Only 7% of the private sector is organized. etc.
Octafish
(55,745 posts)As for those with money, they are continually thinking of ways to help them make more.
One of their favorite processes is to separate it from those who earned it by hard work.
Remember when Democratic leaders actually worked to protect the workers from the predators?
byeya
(2,842 posts)it's septic and those who are drawn to it are likewise unhealthy for the commonweal.
Of the 54 schools Rahm is closing - with the dictatorial power Chicago's mayors have over public education, no elected school boards is my understanding - 52 are in African American or Latino/a neighborhoods.
And how is Mr Chicago Miracle Arne Duncan's schemes faring? 40% have CPS's lowest rating. So the Charter schools take public money, pay outrageous salaries to the principals, and fail the community. But serving the community and its children isn't the point is it? It's milking the public sector for private profit. Also, the % of African American teachers has fallen from 40% to 27%.