@Sally: I don’t know what Rick Snyder believes. But if he’s as data-driven as he claims, he’d be a lot more skeptical of the trickle-down theory which certainly appears, as you say, to drive his big picture theory.

@Just Ken: We agree: I don’t blame Grover or his staff for declining to take my calls. I do think, however, they are thoroughly culpable for holding the entire global economy hostage to enforce a rigid view of economic policy that benefits the few at the expense of the many.

I doubt that Snyder cares about that as long as they get the tax breaks. FYI, The Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest 2%, or as Norquist and other refer to them, the “job creators” generated the fewest jobs under any president in recent history including Clinton under whom taxes were higher.

So much for tax breaks for the wealthiest in this nation creating jobs.

One of their conclusions: “Although difficult to quantify, reduced business taxation on its own is likely to yield positive economic growth; however, this will be offset, at least in part, by the negative economic growth that accompany higher income taxes through reductions in disposable income. Any net effect, positive or negative, is likely to be small.”