[jimpick]

Yes and why could they not get this passed sooner? Could not even possible have anything to do with a $5000 check to a GOP senator from the SEIU. No the MIGOP is pristine when it comes to funneling money from the public taxes to their campaigns.

[cripplecreek]

Randy Richardville's uncle Roger Kahn got the big check from the SEIU. However I haven't forgotten that this whole scam was started by the republicans in the first place.

GOP Senators, SEIU Taxpayer Giveaways, Campaign Cash and More, OH MY!

On Aug. 5, 2009, Sen. Jason Allen, R-Traverse City, introduced Senate Bill 731, which would give statutory cover to a scheme transferring approximately $6.6 million in taxpayer money annually to the SEIU government employee union, one of the parents of ACORN. This is accomplished by creating a shell government "employer" for some 42,000 individuals who are actually hired by elderly or disabled Medicaid recipients to provide personal care services in their homes. A Mackinac Center lawsuit is pending regarding a similar arrangement imposed on home day care providers.

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Senate Bill 731 was co-sponsored by these Republican Senators: Roger Kahn, Bruce Patterson, Valde Garcia, Tony Stamas, Judson Gilbert, Mark Jansen, Randy Richardville, and Patricia Birkholz.

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