State Senator Aric Nesbitt hasn’t been impressed with how Democrats have managed the final few days of the legislative session.
As the Democratic majority in the Michigan House comes to an end, the Democratic House Speaker opted to end negotiations on the minimum wage and road funding. Nesbitt says that was the wrong thing to do.
“Instead, the Senate Democrat and House Democrat leadership walked away from the table, said, ‘No deal, we’re going to jam through the left-wing socialist policies in the state,'” Nesbitt said. “That’s going to drive more people out of Michigan. That’s going to create less jobs. That’s going to have less accountability in education, less choice for parents.”
Nesbitt says watching the Democrats has been like watching a college student who neglected his coursework scrambling to catch up at the last minute. He’s particularly surprised the minimum wage negotiations were blown up at the last minute.
“It’s shocking that Democratic leadership in the Legislature turned their backs on 50,000 restaurant workers who are going to lose their job if this is implemented. They walked away from the table and instead walked towards their left-wing, out-of-state donors.”
Nesbitt says restaurants are anxiously waiting to see if the wage law will be changed so they don’t have to start paying their tipped employees the same minimum wage as other workers. He expects the minimum wage issue will be the very first thing the Legislature addresses when it reconvenes in January.
Nesbitt says Republicans also have a road funding plan that would devote $2.7 billion more per year to the roads. Minimum wage and roads are just two priorities Nesbitt is hoping to see taken up with the new year.
