Maybe it's a case of
the grass being greener on the other side of the fence, but whatever the
reason, it's nice to see Michigan's new economy initiatives get some
respect; if not even a little envy from the state it's trying to
emulate. California, take a
page from Michigan's playbook.
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"Michigan,"
the founder of San Francisco's CMEA Capital repeated. "Now I'm not that
close to it, but you see it more in programs and policies. They're
protecting small businesses, providing tax breaks — lots of breaks — and
they're providing worker training incentives."
Also, Baruch noted, Michigan has a strong
delegation in Congress that has helped funnel federal stimulus program
cash in an effort to transform the world's auto capital into a
green-auto hub.
"(State
government has) tends to be less antagonistic and more of what you
might call 'participatory' in bringing together assets within the state,
including the universities," said Baruch, whose firm has bankrolled the
likes of cleantech companies Codexis and Solyndra.
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