Job Creation

With the highest unemployment rate in the nation and a decade long recession, Michigan citizens are hurting like none other in our nation.

 When someone doesn’t have a job and cannot feed their family, nothing else matters.  

The key to creating jobs in Michigan is to release the productive energies of our people.  This can only be done by cutting state government spending, cutting taxes, and allowing citizens to keep more of their hard-earned money.  The hidden tax of unnecessary regulations must be eliminated. 

 I have spoken to many employers eager to create jobs but  unable to do so because of the burdens placed upon them by state government. 

Only when we take the shackles off our own people will Michigan’s economy be able to grow again.

As your State Senator, this will be my number one focus.

 

Taxes: The Robertson Record

Michigan citizens are Taxed Enough Already. 

In all my years of government service, I have never voted for a tax increase and have always supported tax cuts.  Cutting taxes is necessary to create jobs and get Michigan’s economy moving again.

 Property taxes should not be going up when property values are going down. 

As State Representative, I opposed Gov. Granholm’s property, income and business tax increases.  The job-killing MBT and MBT surcharge must be eliminated. 

As your State Senator I’ll continue fighting for lower taxes.

 

Michigan Roads

The condition of Michigan's roadways is vital to our economy.

 Over the last several decades, fixing our roads has become too large of a burden on Michigan citizens. Increasing taxes on gasoline is not the solution to this problem. 

Picking the taxpayer's pocket is never the solution for government problems.

The over arching reach of our state's labor laws, prevailing wage laws and environmental regulations needlessly drive up the cost of building and repairing our roads.  These issues need to be reformed and eliminated to ensure that Michigan's taxpayers get the full value of their tax dollars spent.

In addition, we must do a better job of getting federal tax dollars for road construction.  Currently, Michigan receives only .92 cents of every federal gas tax dollar that we send to Washington. 

Michigan's taxpayers should not be expected to pay for the infrastructure in other states when our roads are crumbling.

It is time to fix the failing infrastructure in Michigan.

 As your State Senator I will fight for better roads in Michigan.

The Cost of our Prisons

Lansing is claiming that, in order to reduce our state budget,  we need to release felons early and allow them back on our streets. 

 This is false.  Once released these inmates are more likely to commit crimes again.

Local prosecutors throughout Michigan are rightfully concerned that these inmates will simply end up back in our county jails, shifting the cost of their incarceration to our counties.

We must take a hard look at the top heavy bureaucracy of the Department of Corrections.  Privatizing many of the services performed in prisons, including food service and medical care, can save our state millions of dollars. As State Representative, I supported these common sense cost saving measures. 

 Until these measures are taken, we must not let out a single felon.

As your State Senator I will  fight to keep our communities safe.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paid for By Dave Robertson for State Senate P.O. Box 181 Grand Blanc, MI 48480