Gov.-elect Rick Snyder said Tuesday that he plans a blitzkrieg-style offensive, much of it aimed at what he regards as public-sector overspending, in the first weeks of his administration in a bid to get Michigan working and growing again.
Snyder, in an interview with the Free Press, said too many attempts to reform government have been piecemeal and incremental.
"The goal here isn't to do incremental changes. That's just a waste of time," he said.
Snyder said he wants to come up with "a structurally sound answer" to reduce the wage and benefit cost of public employees "that may require a shorter-term, larger sacrifice" but will lead to longer-term prosperity for all of the state's residents.
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