Democrats want more details on DeVos economic plan
Let's hear it for Indiana- I never would have known about this if not for the Ft. Wayne News-Sentinel. Does Brewer have to get himself arrested to get any press in this state?

LANSING, Mich. - The chairman of the Michigan Democratic Party on Wednesday said Republican gubernatorial candidate Dick DeVos should explain how he would pay for his economic development plan.

The DeVos campaign responded that it has been more forthcoming about its proposals and how it would pay for them than Democratic Gov. Jennifer Granholm has been, a charge the Granholm campaign denied.

Is that the political version of "I know you are, but what am I?" Did Truscott stick out his tongue, too?

Mark Brewer, the state Democratic Party chairman, criticized a DeVos plan that was posted on the campaign's Web site last month. Part of the plan calls for eliminating the state's main business tax and reducing some other types of taxes. DeVos also said he would increase funding for education, start a teacher merit pay system and make other moves designed to help spur the state's economy.

Brewer and Lynn Jondahl, a former Democratic state lawmaker who now is executive director of the Michigan Prospect, said they "conservatively estimate" the DeVos plan would cost an additional $5 billion in either tax cuts or new program costs and that DeVos has not revealed how he would pay for it. Brewer said making the proposals without explaining how they would be paid for is irresponsible.

"If we're going to take seriously the plan, we have to take seriously the costs," said Jondahl, executive director of the non-profit group that describes itself as an organization that encourages debate on public policy issues.

The DeVos campaign said the Democrats have no basis for their claim.

"It's kind of what we expected - a complete fabrication and bogus numbers," DeVos campaign spokesman John Truscott said of the Democratic announcement.

Just like Dick's plan. If anyone knows anything about "complete fabrication and bogus numbers", it's a Republican.

And once again, the MI GOP feels the need to get the IRS involved. Do they have these guys on speed dial or what?

The GOP said it will file a complaint with the Internal Revenue Service against the Michigan Prospect. The group has a tax-exempt status and should not be connected with political campaign activity, the GOP said in a statement.

Wasting more of our money with their constant, frivolous complaints. Funny how the Party that is for "less government" has no problem availing itself of that service when it feels the need. Perhaps they should be assigned their own agent.