Priorities

Exxon raked in $10 billion in profits in the 3rd quarter of 2005.

The entire state of Michigan has an annual budget of $9 billion.

Think about that for a second. Now a few more...

Isn't that odd, that a company makes more profit in 3 months than a large, populous state like Michigan has in its entire yearly budget?

One has to wonder if the people who have voted for the failed conservative policies that created this mess have ever contemplated those numbers.

A society that allows a company to amass the kind of economic and political power that dwarfs the power millions of citizens is a society with distorted priorities.

How can we talk about cutting state spending if it is already less than the quarterly profits of an energy company?

How can we talk about cutting business taxes when a single company makes more money in 3 months than the people of Michigan can afford to invest in their communities for the year?

Failed conservative policies are destroying our country. It's time we get our priorities straight and start to put people before profit.