I find it very amusing that those who support the bridge claim that business owners want this bridge that Snyder is pushing.  There just isn't the traffic or the business growth to necessitate a new crossing.  Additionally, why does the crossing have to be government owned and operated, when the current bridge owner is willing to work with the government to make a new crossing?  The Snyder administration is adamant that the bridge must be government owned and operated, cutting out the private sector completely.  For someone who is so supportive of business, why aren't Snyder and his cronies willing to work with the current bridge owners?

The answer to this question is simple.  Snyder has no wish to further the interests of private industry.  Instead, he wishes to increase the size and scope of government, burdening taxpayers with more debt and saddling Michigan with a more uncertain future.

As Paul Opsommer and other legislators have pointed out, the argument that the bridge will pay for itself in tolls is laughable and ridiculous.  The Canadians are going to want some sort of return for their money and so will the federal government, if Michigan borrows money from either source.  As we all know, thanks to unions and an unfriendly business atmosphere, jobs, especially manufacturing jobs have left the state and are not looking to return.

If Snyder ignores the overwhelming public sentiments against the bridge than he surely has secured himself a seat as one of the most ignorant and out of touch governors we've had in a very long time.  The bridge was bad legislation when Granholm wanted to do it and it remains bad legislation with Snyder backing the boondoggle.