03/17/11
Thousands of workers and their supporters sent a message to the Republican government of Michigan Wednesday. Jesse Russell reports.
Thousands descended on the Capitol of Michigan Wednesday to express their concerns over legislation that would grant the state the power to appoint “emergency financial managers” who could strip teachers and workers of collective bargaining rights. The taxpayers are also concerned about a budget that provides $1.8 billion in tax cut to business while making up for those cuts on the backs of low income workers.
Michigan Nurses Association President Jeff Breslin:
[Breslin]: It’s a personal insult to nurses and everybody here to watch as our state government deliberately and maliciously proposes laws that leave deep bleeding cuts in our patients, our families, and our communities lives.
Gerry Alpizar is a small business owner from Traverse City, Michigan and he wanted to know where his tax break was.
[Alpizar]: I count myself among you, because I don’t get tax breaks. If I don’t make money I don’t get a bailout. This trickle down crap is over.
State Senator Coleman Young, Jr., son of Detroit’s first African-American, told the crowd that it was time to draw a line in the stand.
[Young, Jr.]: We must rise with one voice and say you will not take our rights, you will not take our liberties, and we will not let this stand. Give us liberty or give us death!
Thousands of workers and their supporters sent a message to the Republican government of Michigan Wednesday. Jesse Russell reports.
Thousands descended on the Capitol of Michigan Wednesday to express their concerns over legislation that would grant the state the power to appoint “emergency financial managers” who could strip teachers and workers of collective bargaining rights.
The taxpayers are also concerned about a budget that provides $1.8 billion in tax cut to business while making up for those cuts on the backs of low income workers.
Michigan Nurses Association President Jeff Breslin:
Breslin: It’s a personal insult to nurses and everybody here to watch as our state government deliberately and maliciously proposes laws that leave deep bleeding cuts in our patients, our families, and our communities lives.
Gerry Alpizar is a small business owner from Traverse City, Michigan and he wanted to know where his tax break was.
Alpizar: I count myself among you, because I don’t get tax breaks. If I don’t make money I don’t get a bailout. This trickle down crap is over.
State Senator Coleman Young, Jr., son of Detroit’s first African-American Mayor, told the crowd that it was time to draw a line in the stand.
Young, Jr.: We must rise with one voice and say you will not take our rights, you will not take our liberties, and we will not let this stand. Give us liberty or give us death!
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