10 Things You Need To Know About The Senate Dems Illegal & Unconstitutional Budget

By Brandon Hall

(Email him at WestMIPolitics@Gmail.com)

The Senate’s budget not only has a $1 billion deficit--- making it illegal and unconstitutional---it also makes some SUPERBAD spending decisions, though not in a fun, Michael Cera movie sort of way....

Not only does their budget spend more money than the state has---they spend that money on immensely poor priorities. 

>>>Here are 10 things you need to know about the Senate Dems illegal and unconstitutional budget: 

1.Their total budget amounts to $85.9 billion, spending $3 billion more than the current
fiscal year, and $1 billion more than Governor Whitmer's proposed budget.

2. Even with thousands of fully funded (but unfilled) positions across state government, the
Senate Democrats created and paid for 300 new government bureaucrat positions.

3. The budget Includes a handful of "placeholders" for major issues like implementing the controversial Michigan State Supreme Court decision requiring new sentencing hearings for murderers 20 and younger, and road/infrastructure improvements---a sign they haven’t put in the work, and don’t have a plan. Given that their budget is already overspent, that $3 billion placeholder for roads also suggests a massive tax hike proposal may be on the horizon.

4. The Senate’s DNR budget makes expensive recreational passports mandatory for all vehicles, and sharply increases hunting and fishing license fees, hitting families, outdoor enthusiasts, and everyday drivers with unnecessary new costs. Every driver will pay a new tax on their birthday every year under this plan. Happy Birthday from the Michigan Senate Dems! 

5. The Senate Democrats are doubling down on the radical leftist wet dream of defunding the police. The House proposed a Public Safety Trust Fund that puts ~$115 million of annual funding into public safety every year, in every community all across Michigan, with a focus on those doing a good job trying to bring down major crimes. The Senate budget provides roughly half of that.  

6. The Senate Democrats funnel millions into controversial, unpopular programs, including $10 million for government-funded EV charging stations, $8 million for a pilot program for a new tax on the miles you drive, and $1 million for marijuana ‘social equity,’ whatever the hell that even means! 

7. Their budget also forces DEI reporting requirements onto public universities, and deputizes the Attorney General’s office to take away local funding unless municipalities have sanctuary city-style policies and support for birthright citizenship. 

8. Senate Democrats only fund schools at a $10,008 per-pupil foundation allowance —
less than what House Republicans offered to fund education in the shutdown prevention
plan.

9. The Senate budget creates an uneven playing field by slashing support for students who don’t attend traditional public schools. Public charter cyber schools receive 20% less per
student, mental health and school safety funds are restricted to only certain schools, free
meals are only for some kids, and a $1 million reimbursement for health and safety
mandates at non-public schools is eliminated. 

10. Instead of taking responsibility for their failed corporate welfare policies, Senate
Democrats are pointing fingers at President Trump, and prematurely reacting to federal
proposals — wasting $100 million on a BS “tariff economic relief program” with
no guarantee of need or impact, even though non-partisan fiscal experts said it was
impossible to quantify the impact on the state...

Stay tuned!

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Brandon Hall is a lifelong political nerd from Grand Haven, and is the Managing Editor of West Michigan Politics.

>>>Email him at WestMIPolitics@Gmail.com