Given the economic state that Michigan is currently in, the push for right-to-work laws are unnecessary and will make further hardships for average Michiganians.

This issue has been prevalent on the political scene for decades, and right-to-work (for less) has been refuted by some academic scholars. Recently there have been attempts to put this issue back onto the legislative agenda. Now is not the time to waste our resources on this polarizing issue that will do nothing to help get our economy back on track and help create jobs.

This is the soft terminology of the next frontier for America's economy-killers, brought to you by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals. But it means only one thing: more jobs lost.

The organization's website says it straight: "There has never been an outsourcing event of this caliber!"

Outsourcing. Isn't it time to halt the hollowing of our economy and employ smart policies to rebuild American manufacturing and keep good jobs here?

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