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My Take on the Pure Michigan Advertising Campaign

David Z | May 14, 2010

In 2009, the State of Michigan spent approximately $12M for a national advertising campaign to promote tourism to Michigan, called Pure Michigan. Currently, the State legislature is considering reducing the funding for the program to only $5M for 2010.

Fannie Mae: Kaput

David Z | May 10, 2010

FNM basically says, “We’re bankrupt: completely and totally insolvent, and there is exactly a 0% chance that we will ever recover.”

55.7 Million Reasons to Reject Public Financing for Sports Arenas

David Z | November 19, 2009

This week, the City of Pontiac (MI) accepted a bid to purchase the Silverdome, nestled among 127 sprawling acres of crumbling concrete and lightpots, on the outskirts of 20.2 square miles of blight known as the “City of Pontiac”, for $583,000.

Should The Government Forgive Student Loans?

David Z | March 16, 2009

Should the government forgive student loans? It doesn’t matter: they’re not going to forgive student loans.