NEW REPORT: Michigan’s Corporate Lobby

Who rules Michigan?

Like everywhere across the United States, billionaires and corporations wield an inordinate amount of influence over policy and governance in the state of Michigan.

In our latest report, “Michigan’s Corporate Lobby”, we examine some of the institutions through which Michigan’s billionaire and corporate class organizes together to flex its power. The Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce, the Michigan Chamber of Commerce, and Business Leaders for Michigan are three such institutions that bring together some of the most powerful people and corporations in the state – including Michigan’s richest man Dan Gilbert, major employers like Ford Motor Company, critical infrastructure businesses like DTE Energy, and key public service providers like the Henry Ford Health System – to lobby for a corporate agenda that prioritizes private enrichment over the public good.

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Chambers of commerce like the ones examined in this report operate in states and cities across the United States, bringing together big business interests with dynastic and new money billionaires to funnel money into politics and advance a common agenda. While priorities can vary from place to place, in general these corporate lobbying organizations seek to:

Depress workers’ wages and stop working people from organizing,
Give away the people’s money through corporate subsidies,
Cut regulations to allow big businesses to pollute the environment, and
Defund public services by cutting taxes on corporations and the ultra-rich.

Check out “Michigan’s Corporate Lobby” today and be sure to keep following LittleSis for more original research and trainings to help you investigate the power players in your community!

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