In a time when failed policy tells us the government just needs to get out, they have forced themselves to become much more than just the referees of our economy.  They are now the fans, owners in some cases, coaching staff and have even stepped in to be the players.  The government’s “I, I, I” policy where they believe the solution is government has eroded our economy and even worse, this contagious disease of destructive behavior is trickling down to the states.

The NRO pointed out that government arrogance has ruined states like Michigan even though they are merely perpetrating the example of our President and Congress.  Governor Granholm, two-term governor, has boosted infrastructure by leveraging Michigan’s future, which at this point in time, is bleak at best.  She has built low revenue industries like solar-power with government subsidies while driving out high revenue industries like pharmaceuticals that required no subsidies by repealing old laws that made Michigan the favorable place to be.  She has increased taxes on 60% of small businesses and boosted the state’s income tax to cover these subsidies.  Unemployment has launched to 14% as she stands in front of the state saying her plan is finally working.  She focused on renewable-energy while ignoring the businesses that needed help with lower taxes.

Sound familiar?  I am not referring to President Obama, though this is the very thing he’s doing.  I’m referring to Governor Culver.  He’s focused our economy on tax credits and government subsidies in industries that cannot sustain themselves otherwise.  He focuses on low revenue industries while cutting the state budget across the board by 10%.  He works to fight our state’s Right to Work laws while unemployment rises.  Governor Culver is following the very same plan as Governor Granholm and President Obama.

When government takes over it has proven time and time again to fail.  When it comes to business, they have consistently shown they make stupid decisions.  They have consistently shown they are stupid spenders.  They have consistently shown we cannot rely on government to help us out of the recession – and we shouldn’t.  That’s not their job.  But we should be able to rely on them to at least move out of the way. Government has never reduced cost, increased availability or improved quality on anything.

Our government keeps claiming they will make things better yet they follow the same failed policy that we learned didn’t work decades ago.  Increased government spending is not what Reagan did to pull us out of Jimmy Carter’s failed economic policy.  Increased taxes are not what Reagan did to fight inflation.  Government intervention is not what Regan did to pull America out of a recession.  Rather, Reagan stopped spending, limited the size of government, lowered taxes and fixed our economy by not interfering in the private sector.

The disease of government intervention has trickled down from Obama and Congress to local and state leadership.  The solution:  Vote them out.  Replace them with those that are willing to do what worked during the Reagan era.  Get out of the way and provide consistent, pro-growth policies that enable businesses rather than hinder them.