The New Reform Michigan now proposal has mixed reviews especially because the ballot initiative isn't exactly telling voters the whole truth and the long term ramifications if it passes. For starters, lawmakers would have to take a pay cut that would literally wipe out the future brain trust of the future of Michigan lawmakers because those bright young talented minds who just graduate from law school will not look to political office but rather to big corporations because they might have large loans to pay back. Secondly, the reform could literally wipe out a large majority of women and minorities who currently sit in Lansing, thus perhaps only having minorities coming from Detroit going to Lansing.
The Reform Michigan now proposal is just simply a partisan led initiative by Mark Brewer and the Michigan Democratic Party which could ultimately hurt many Democrats in the state long term. Brewer believes that by stripping Republicans of some of their power and creating these pay cuts in lawmakers salaries than he hopes many Republicans will no longer seek office or it would lessen the control the Republicans have over the states judicial system as well. Nonetheless, what Brewer doesn't understand is that Republicans in the state of Michigan will not always have control of the Senate and Judicial system but with what Brewer and special interests groups & unions are doing by proposing this Reform Michigan now proposal could perhaps give Republicans more control of the Senate and the House, which Democrats now control.
When redistricting takes place if Reform Michigan passes than many areas that Democrats have control of will merge with Republican areas thus perhaps giving a slight edge to Republicans in the state particularly in Northern Michigan and perhaps Southwest Michigan. At the same time, it would actually have a larger impact on Southeast Michigan as perhaps the only Democrats coming from Southeast Michigan could come from the Detroit area and immediate areas boarding Detroit. That's why the Reform Michigan now might sound like a good idea to many voters but voters must ask themselves why such a proposal now and how will it really affect our state as we no longer have smart lawmakers in office but second rate lawmakers who just are there to collect a check. Don't get me wrong, we have some of those lawmakers now. For instance, we currently have 110 state representatives and 38 state senators. So imagine that currently we have 30-40 second rate state reps and 5-10 senators who just want to collect a check. With the Reform Michigan now proposal those numbers could go to out of 84 state reps and 28 state senators, we could see 50-60 second rate state reps and 15-20 second rate state senators.
So will this proposal really help our state in the long term. While some things look good short term, we have to be realistic and we have to think about ballot proposals that look shiny and nice but in actuality they are just political ploys by one party aimed toward another in an attempt to wrestle power from the other party but it could simply just give the other party more power than they already had. Therefore, Mr. Brewer, I hope you know what you are doing because if the Reform Michigan now proposal goes forward and passes than it could really hurt the state but more importantly the Michigan Democratic Party as many will look at this within your own party as a complete distrust issue that leaves many of them out of a job and with a pay cut during tough economic times.
I hope that top notch Democrats are not helping Brewer, the UAW, and other unions with this proposal because the bridges that could be burnt in the aftermath of this proposal could be long term and the Republicans in the state of Michigan could see themselves being in control of so many things in the state that we as the citizens will once again look like the fools. Just remember the Engler years particularly for southeast Michigan. It was not great for the city of Detroit and our surrounding neighbors. Nonetheless, we will be looking to find Mark Brewer and whoever else led this Michigan Reform now initiative to blame them for what our state has become when we as the voters are the one's who got pimped, hoodwinked and bamboozled by supporting such a ballot proposal that is misleading and doesn't paint the best accurate picture of the future long term impacts on the state of Michigan.
Just imagine, a state with lawmakers that are nearly 80-90% Caucasian man. Less women and minorities as state lawmakers is not what our state needs in anyway.
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