Michigan has been both a leader of the industrialized world and a victim of the "rust belt." Workers, families, and businesses once left Michigan to find better opportunities elsewhere. Mackinac Center ideas such as sensible regulation, school choice, and lower taxes have helped the state emerge once again as a center of job creation and opportunity.
But thoughtful Michigan citizens still have legitimate concerns about education, the environment, poverty, and the state's overall economic competitiveness.
The Great Lakes State has all the ingredients to be the most prosperous, civilized, and successful region in the world: abundant natural resources, great educational promise, and hard-working, spirited citizens.
All Michigan needs is good policy ideas to restore and safeguard its potential for abundance and opportunity for millions of citizens. The Mackinac Center for Public Policy provides those ideas today.
