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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Local Issues and Governments</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/20.aspx</link><description /><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008 (Debug Build: 30417.1769)</generator><item><title>House Bill 4229 by state Rip. Fred Durhal, Democrat [Detroit] needs a quick and hard kill</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/274951.aspx</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 20:30:49 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:274951</guid><dc:creator>moralmatters.org</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/274951.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=20&amp;PostID=274951</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;House Bill 4229 would add to Michigan lawmakers benefits, the additional cost of paying state police to provide an escort for the funeral procession of a deceased Michigan politician.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Michigan ranks near the top in paying politicians.&amp;nbsp; They are paid enough.&amp;nbsp; They have more than adequate benefits -- much more than many of the taxpayers who pay their political livelihoods.&amp;nbsp; Proposed laws like this should never see the light of day and be struck dead as soon as they are proposed.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, politicians who propose such insults to the Michigan taxpayers should be duly voted out of office.&amp;nbsp; I would hope that Mr. Fred Durhal will be sweating his next election. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>