MLive.com: Candidates for Michigan's governor mourn loss of Promise grants, but short on specifics for restoring them
By Peter Luke
"I voted to end the Promise scholarship because I had to, to balance the budget," George said. Mocking his opponents' pledges to restore the scholarship and cut taxes at the same time, he said, "The math doesn’t work. As governor, you have to have a balanced budget ... so if you want to refund the Promise grants, then (say) whose taxes you are going to raise to do it."
None of his opponents used one of their rebuttal opportunities under the debate rules to answer him.
Posted: 5/9/2010