Public Sector Unions to Gain Big From Record Whitmer Budget

Public Sector Unions to Gain Big From Record Whitmer Budget
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks at the General Motors Detroit- Hamtramck assembly plant in Detroit, Mich. on Jan. 27, 2020. Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images
Steven Kovac
Steven Kovac
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A half-dozen public and private sector union heads lined up on Feb. 9 to praise the announcement of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s proposed $74 billion state budget.

The last state budget before Whitmer, a Democrat, took office was in fiscal year 2018. It contained $57 billion in spending. Republican strategist Jamie Roe told The Epoch Times that Whitmer’s massive spending spree looks similar to socialism.