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Dispatch from Michigan: Urgent. “All hell is breaking out here.” « Fred Klonsky's blog

Dispatch from Michigan: Urgent. “All hell is breaking out here.” « Fred Klonsky's blog:

Dispatch from Michigan: Urgent. “All hell is breaking out here.”

“I hope that you can share with your readers the nastiness that is taking place in Michigan. People around the country need to be made aware of just what lengths these bastards will go to attack teachers.” – Dan Quinn

Hey Fred,

It is hard to believe that things in Michigan could get worse than they already were. I know that Wisconsin, Ohio, and Indiana have taken the brunt of the attack on workers rights, but Michigan might have jumped into the lead with our crazy, wacko, sicko legislature.

As you already know, Michigan has been under assault all year long. It began with the passage of the Emergency Financial Manager package, continued with the taxing of pensions for retirees, and culminated in the defunding of almost a billion dollars of education funding from K-12 schools;