At 6:51 a.m., the White House sent out an email with the following subject: “Michigan Governor Rick Snyder Backs American Jobs Act.” It was odd, not because Snyder is a Republican, but because the governor’s statement was not an endorsement of the president’s plan at all.
The Michigan governor first noted certain overlap in regard to certain policy proposals in Obama’s approach and his own. “Tonight the president laid out a plan calling for many changes at the federal level that we have already made here in Michigan,” Snyder’s statement read. “The president proposed cutting payroll taxes for small businesses in half to encourage job growth; in Michigan, we already ended the double tax on small businesses. The president proposed ending loopholes for corporations. In Michigan, we already did that by switching to a flat, 6 percent corporate income tax that is simple, fair and efficient. These are changes that will help create an environment where jobs can grow, and they should be considered by Congress.”
