For those of us who didn't have the $560 to register, the "Movers and Shakers of the West Michigan business world" descended on Grand Rapids last Thursday and Friday for a Regional Policy Conference, which from the photos looked more like a balding white guys love fest on the Grand.
My favorite pictures were where the big guys got loose by taking off their ties. They are still wearing their dark suits, but someone must have told them to loosen up, so, bold innovators that they are, they lost the ties. I love it when plutocrats take off their ties. No surprise that Unions and Democrats were noticeably lacking
Better yet was their list of Priorities. Apparently they got really hi-teck and had little meter thingies wrapped around their little weenies that would register when they were getting hot (don't know if the ties had come off yet). And the list is:
Eliminate the Single Business Tax (8.65 of 10)
Implement Right to Work (i.e. kill the unions)(8.08)
Increase funding for health care providers with effective prevention practices (no idea what this means)(7.58)
Streamline state's permitting practices (i.e. no more regulations)(6.81)
Update funding mechanisms for transportation infrastructure (huh?)(6.34)
So this was the best they could do? They really didn't need a conference to figure out that they hate taxes, unions and regulations, I mean what else does the WM business community stand for? The other two points make no sense at all but must have looked good on the Powerpoint slides.
They all loved it - and it filled some space at the ultra-fabulous new JW Marriott so they're going to do it again in two years. Mark your calendar.
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