LANSING — Starting the week off strong by declaring “single women working” lead a “pretty lonely life,” Tudor Dixon epitomized exactly why her wrong-for-Michigan agenda would harm all aspects of Michigan’s economy.
The special interest backed candidate – whose resume consists of spewing dangerous conspiracy theories and operating her family company with dangerous working conditions and bounced paychecks – believes she can bring Michigan forward with an economic plan that will strip Michigan of the funding it needs for critical resources, slash law enforcement budgets, gut public education, and push women, families, and businesses out of the state by reinstating the state’s draconian 1931 abortion ban.
“Working families should fear a potential Dixon Administration purely based on the fact that their paychecks will be at risk, they will have less money in their pockets thanks to her ‘tax swap’ proposal, businesses will stop investing in the state, and bodily autonomy will be at risk,” said Michigan Democratic Party Chair Lavora Barnes. “While Governor Whitmer has led the state to victory after victory in major investments, kept Michigan at the forefront of the auto industry, and continues providing plans to push Michigan forward, all Tudor Dixon has to offer are dangerous proposals that will drag us backwards. With so much at stake this November, we must re-elect a proven leader who will ensure Michigan is a state where businesses and working families can see a future.”
In case you missed it this week, here’s what Dixon doesn’t want you to know about her agenda and the impact it would have on Michigan’s economy:
A key part of her potential budget would gut public education, remove funding for infrastructure and roads, and shrink police budgets
- Today, Dixon said she “would want to get to that right away” about reducing the income tax which would remove an estimated $12 billion from the general fund. this would:
- Cut nearly $8 billion from the general fund, threatening funding for thousands of Michigan State Police and slashing nearly two-thirds from the main funding stream for the Departments of Health and Human Services, Corrections, and State Police, on top of half of all revenue for other critical departments.
- Slash $3.5 billion from the School Aid Fund, the state’s main funding source for public schools in line with her similarly disastrous agenda to convert Michigan to a school voucher system that would have reduced state investment in education by upwards of $500 million annually.
- Eliminate $600 million in transportation funding and threaten additional federal funds secured with matching state dollars, which would undercut the state’s ability to keep making crucial repairs to road and bridges.
- To make up for lost revenue, Dixon proposed a “tax swap” that will cut costs for her wealthy backers and raise prices for working families.
Dixon wants to reinstate Michigan’s 1931 abortion ban which would repel businesses from the state
- The Detroit Regional Chambers President Sarah Baruah acknowledged that an “extreme response is not in the state’s best interest,” because it could give young professionals a reason to not come to Michigan.
- Restricting abortion could make businesses “less motivated to expand and grown in places where their female employees cannot receive abortion care.”
- “Decades of research” show “unwanted pregnancies can affect women’s…employment, and earning prospects, and can impact the labor market more broadly.”
Dixon has been staunchly against several of the past investments from the auto industry that will create thousands of jobs and invest billions into Michigan’s economy
- When “major international gateway” Ambassador Bridge was shut down due to an illegal blockade that impacted $356 million of goods daily, Dixon supported their efforts and encouraged it to continue. This resulted in $299.9 million in direct losses and $51 million in lost wages for Michigan’s working families.
- The $7 billion dollar investment from GM – and ushered in by Governor Whitmer – solidified the company’s foothold in Michigan and added 4,000 new, good-paying jobs for working families – Dixon slammed the deal.
- She is opposed to the Strategic Outreach and Attraction Reserve, a fund which has proven “critical to strengthening the state’s economic foundation.”
