Featured Video Archive
Politician Staffs: Your Money, Their Secret
WNEM TV-5 got some surprising answers back in 2009 when it asked Michigan lawmakers to fess up to taxpayers about who works for them and how much they are paid. … more
Sen. Rand Paul on Consumer Choice in Energy Committee Hearing
Former Democratic DC Mayor Supports Gov. Walker’s Tactics
Former Washington D.C. mayor Adrian Fenty joins a round table discussion about Gov. Scott Walker in Wisconsin and voices his support. … more
States tangle with teacher tenure
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As momentum for school reform grows and state budgets continue to shrink, the system of teacher tenure is under increasing scrutiny
To see more on this issue in regards to Michigan, click here. … more
School Funding Testimony
Michael Van Beek gave a national perspective on school funding in Michigan, pointing out that Michigan has some of the highest education spending when taking into account the state wealth — in other words, the ability of state taxpayers to support that spending.
Despite having the nation's highest teacher average salaries when controlling for state per-capita person income, Michigan students score relatively low on national standardized tests, even after controlling for socio-economic status.
Click here for more information on school funding myths. … more
Atlas Shrugged Trailer
Michael and Me
Government Union Collective Bargaining 101
The Granholm-AFSCME Partnership
Are You My Employer?
The bizarre forced unionization of day care providers raises a fundamental question: If they are union members, who is their employer?
For more information and videos on the underhanded unionization scheme, click here. … more
Chris Christie on Face the Nation
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie discusses collective bargaining, public employee unions, and why great teachers need to make more money. … more
Canadian Doctor Lotteries
Why It's So Hard to Make a Movie: Q&A with Filmmaker Joe Gressis
This Sunday's Academy Awards ceremony will be held in Hollywood as usual, but it's increasingly common for Hollywood films to be produced outside California or even outside the United States.
Filmmaker Joe Gressis isn't surprised when Hollywood productions leave the Golden State. He's surprised when they stay. "The fact that we remain here is kind of ridiculous," says the three-time Emmy-nominated Gressis.
Topics include: tax incentives, the benefits of shooting in Hong Kong, and why Gressis admires Michael Bay. … more
The Unstable Funding Myth
For the past century, funding for public schools has moved in one steady direction -- up. Despite some policies that make school budgeting more difficult than it needs to be in Michigan, school funding has proven to be remarkably stable.
Read more about this and other school funding myths at www.mackinac.org/12610. … more
SNL: 2010 Public Employee of the Year Award
Michigan Carpenters Union Outsources Protesters
The Mackinac Center for Public Policy discovers that the Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters uses non-union labor to protest a Grand Rapids area businessman. What's worse, the union has even recruited demonstrators who frequent local homeless shelters, including a shelter which gets help from the very same businessman targeted by the union.
See related story on the main page or at: www.MichCapCon.com/14563 … more
Saline School Bond
Silly Senator, Corn is for Food!
Chris Christie's Adversary
Gov. Snyder and Right to Work
Ohio Mom Jailed for Sending Kids to Better School District
ABC - An Ohio mother's attempt to provide her daughters with a better education has landed her behind bars. Kelley Williams-Bolar was convicted of lying about her residency to get her daughters into a better school district. … more
Help With the National Debt Relief Amendment
The video explains that the idea is aimed at deficit spenders in both parties.
See our related article at www.MichCapCon.com/14531. … more
El Paso's Attack on Street Vendors
Celebrate President Ronald Reagan's 100th Birthday
Kids Aren't Cars
For more information, see www.kidsarentcars.com.
Also check out our related story at MichCapCon.com/14225. … more
Gov. Chris Christie Lambastes ‘Obscene’ Police Union Contracts
Saving Social Security with Personal Retirement Accounts
Replace the Michigan Business Tax With ... NOTHING?
Are Union Pensions Bankrupting America?
Charles Krauthammer discusses the pension problems plaguing country. … more
Hangar42 developer arraigned over fraud
Hangar42 developer arraigned over fraud: woodtv.com
Snooping by the Mackinac Center’s investigative team has led the Attorney General to file felony charges against two men who are accused of gaming the state’s film incentive program. … moreGovernor Chris Christie Interview
Milton Friedman on Self-Interest and the Profit Motive
The National Debt Relief Amendment
See our related article at www.MichCapCon.com/14190. … more
Rep. Paul Ryan Tears Down the ObamaCare 'Fiscal House of Cards'
Michigan Public Compensation Savings
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder believes that public employee compensation needs to be reduced so as to be more in line with the private sector and more in line with what is affordable. Mackinac Center research also shows billions of dollars in annual savings if the state goes down this path. So what do the lawmakers who now control Lansing think about all of this?
See more on this issue at MichCapCon.com/14271. … more
Why soaking the rich doesn't work
'State of the Citizen' Rally
Several hundred demonstrators showed up with a new message for Michigan's elected officials during Gov. Granholm's final State of the State address. From February 2010.
… moreWhy Michigan Needs Regulatory Reform
Winning the War on Debt
The video explains how the debt relief amendment might actually win.
See our related article at www.MichCapCon.com/14190. … more
Tea Party Could Cut Up the Federal Credit Card
The video explains that the idea is aimed at deficit spenders in both parties.
See our related article at www.MichCapCon.com/14190. … more
San Francisco's Happy Meal Ban
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The Daily Show wonders who is responsible for their child's health; parents or the government? … more
President Obama Opposed Raising Debt Ceiling Before He Was For It
The impact of forced-union agreements in Michigan
The National Debt Relief Amendment
RestoringFreedom.org is spearheading a drive to put the following amendment into the U.S. Constitution:
"An increase in the federal debt requires approval from a majority of the legislatures of the separate States.”
See our related article at www.MichCapCon.com/14190. … more
Canadian Medical Tourism
Is the U.S. Turning Marxist?
Raw Foods Raid - The Fight For the Right To Eat What You Want
Responsibility to the Poor
License to Work: A National Study of Burdens from Occupational Licensing is the first national study to measure how burdensome occupational licensing laws are for lower-income workers and aspiring entrepreneurs.
Michigan has one of the most burdensome licensing requirements. Our state forces people to take classes and pay money to the state for things like painting, floor sanding, cutting hair and low-level carpentry. Few other states require that.
