Once again the Michigan Governor and Legislature are preparing to take the Michigan taxpayers to the cleaners in order to throw a plumb to special interest groups to which they are beholden. The MI House Education Committee has scheduled a hearing on HB4042, thebill to increase the compulsory attendance age to 18, during their committee meeting at 10:30a.m., January, 29, in 519 House Office Building, Lansing, MI. Here are the reasons why its opponents say Granholm's assertion that it will decrease the drop-out rate is false.

We deserve to know what taxpayer dollars are being spent on.

Michigan's 3 big universities will soon have special budget status, enabling them to receive more taxpayer dollars without citizen oversight. Instead of throwing money at education, Michigan taxpayers deserve to know what colleges are spending their hard-earned tax dollars on.