A new poll of the eve of Gov. Rick Snyder’s State of the State address revealed some interesting nuggets of information.
It’s main finding was that Snyder has quite the honeymoon going on – with approval ratings of 59 percent in his first month – higher than ratings Gov. Jennifer Granholm saw in her first month.
That’s probably no surprise. Snyder is a highly popular persona who was swept into office amid a wrecked economy and high expectations that he can solve the state’s fiscal crisis.
More surprising in the poll by EPIC-MRA is that 64 percent say they would accept some increase in taxes or fees to help balance the budget, which has a projected shortfall of $1.8 billion.
That runs counter to the dogma spouted by Snyder and the Republican-controlled Legislature. Both have said they won’t entertain tax increases to balance the budget – only spending cuts.
Two-thirds of the electorate seems like a lot of support for revenue increases. Anybody out there in positions of power listening?
