Snyder has been touting Michigan as the “comeback state,” but Michigan’s economic recovery has reversed under his administration. A year ago Michigan’s unemployment rate ranked 41st among the states, but as of December 2012, Michigan had fallen to 45th in the nation.

Michigan’s median household income is about $4,500 less than the national average, ranking Michigan at 34th overall. However, Michigan’s middle-class families and seniors will be paying more in state taxes because of Snyder and Lansing Republicans eliminating the child deduction, reducing the homestead property tax credit, reducing the Earned Income Tax Credit and implementing a tax on seniors’ pensions, among other tax increases.