{"id":1874845,"date":"2023-03-11T21:56:18","date_gmt":"2023-03-12T03:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigan-state-legislators-reject-tax-benefits-to-fords-new-battery-plant\/"},"modified":"2023-03-11T21:57:28","modified_gmt":"2023-03-12T03:57:28","slug":"michigan-state-legislators-reject-tax-benefits-to-fords-new-battery-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigan-state-legislators-reject-tax-benefits-to-fords-new-battery-plant\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan State Legislators Reject Tax Benefits to Ford\u2019s New Battery Plant"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmichigan-state-legislators-reject-tax-benefits-to-fords-new-battery-plant%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1874845&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div>\n<p>MARSHALL, Mich.\u2014Michigan House Freedom Caucus held a press conference on Saturday to object to using taxpayer dollars to fund the new Ford electric vehicle battery plant.<\/p>\n<p>Two days ago, stateappropriated <a href=\"http:\/\/www.legislature.mi.gov\/documents\/2023-2024\/billanalysis\/Senate\/htm\/2023-SFA-4016-N.htm\">$630 Million<\/a> Ford has partnered with an EV battery manufacturer in China with close ties to the Chinese Communist Party.<\/p>\n<p>Michigan State Rep. Steve Carra, R-Three Rivers, caucus chairman, stated that the appropriation did not follow the Michigan Constitution which requires a two thirds majority to fund private purposes. The state House approved the spending bill with 56 votes to 53.<\/p>\n<p>Carra claimed that the Democrat majority had abused the Constitution by calling this project a public goal. &#8220;even though it&#8217;s giving tax dollars from the hardworking middle class to a private company.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a redistribution of wealth from the hardworking middle class to the politically connected, and that&#8217;s a very big problem,&#8221; He added. The Epoch Times reached out to the Michigan Democratic Party for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Carra has some friends in the state Senate. Before the state&#8217;s appropriation bill was passed by the upper house, Senator Jonathan Lindsay (R &#8211; Allen Township) had proposed an amendment. <a href=\"https:\/\/fb.watch\/jcMwHorw6a\/\">Amendment<\/a>\u00a0Asking for a national safety review. This review would ensure that no state funds were used for a project involving partners with the CCP military or forced labor.<\/p>\n<p>At the press conference, he stated that all 20 Democrats voted no for the amendment and that all 18 Republican senators supported it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s no reason to move forward on a project like this if the people behind it can&#8217;t go along with a simple review to protect our national security,&#8221; Lindsay said.<\/p>\n<p>In his Feb. 28 speech, he mentioned Virginia&#8217;s decision not to house the Ford plant because of national security concerns as one reason for his amendment.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5116625\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/localimages\/24474c3e104153a692a67e2f-1200x810.jpg\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/a> Jonathan Lindsay (R-Allen Township), Michigan State Senator, speaks at a Marshall press conference, March. 11, 2023, to object to taxpayer dollars being used to fund a Ford electric car battery plant partnered by a Chinese company that has ties with the Chinese Communist Party. (NTD)<\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5116626\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/localimages\/f24f3786c9fde1dbb1f3dc7a-1200x800.jpg\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/a> Rachelle Smit, a Michigan State Rep (R-Martin), speaks at a Marshall, Mich. press conference on March. 11, 2023, to object to taxpayer dollars being used to fund a Ford electric car battery plant partnered by a Chinese company that has ties with the Chinese Communist Party. (NTD)<\/figure>\n<p>Virginia Del. Virginia Del. &#8220;When we start to do partnerships that are directly tied to the Chinese Communist Party, that&#8217;s exactly the type of business that we don&#8217;t want in the Commonwealth. Bottom line,&#8221; She said.<\/p>\n<p>Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. (CATL), a Chinese manufacturer of EV batteries, gained prominence through $155 Million in Chinese subsidies. The Chinese subsidies were granted between 2015 and 2017, when foreign suppliers had no access to China&#8217;s EV battery market.<\/p>\n<p>Zeng Yuqun is the chairman of CATL and has been a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People&#8217;s Political Consultative Conference. This body provides political advice to the communist government. Zeng Yuqun&#8217;s membership in the committee was extended to 2028 this year.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5116628\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/localimages\/Marshall_C_Dr_N.jpg\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/a> C Drive North, pictured March 11, 2023. The site for the new Ford electric vehicle park is located on the farmland to the west of the street. (NTD)<\/figure>\n<p>Joan Chapman, an owner of property who hasn\u2019t sold her land at the Ford-CATL plant to the local economic developer agency, stated that the story behind the new project was &#8220;a story of loss.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve lost the feeling of security and home because we live there. We live there,&#8221; She said that the community was divided and that there were people who thought her family was a traitor. &#8220;conspiracy theorists&#8221; And &#8220;crazy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s a done deal,&#8221; Chapman spoke to 60 people in the room and referred to Ford-CATL. Another resident agreed. &#8220;It&#8217;s not a done deal, and we are not finished fighting it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Julie Bryant, who purchased a Marshall Township home three years back for its small-town appeal, announced that she would start a new group on Facebook. &#8220;Stop the China Ford mega site.&#8221; The group is yet to decide if they will resort to legal measures to stall Ford-CATL&#8217;s plant.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5116624\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/localimages\/36a021bc41ea42a79319feb1.jpg\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/a> Residents gather to protest the use taxpayer dollars to pay for an electric Ford vehicle battery plant. This partnership was made with a Chinese firm that has ties to Marshall, Mich.\u2019s Chinese Communist Party. (NTD)<\/figure>\n<p>On February 16, eight Michigan State Representatives wrote to Governor. Gretchen Whitmer said: &#8220;We ask that you end your discussions with this company [Chinese battery maker], and we strongly object to using any taxpayer dollars to fund the Chinese Communist Party&#8217;s efforts to expand its destructive influence in the United States.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The eight legislators are Reps. David Martin (Jaime Greene), Andrew Fink, Mike Hoadley and Mike Bruck. Andrew Beeler, a House Freedom Caucus member, is Bob Bezotte.<\/p>\n<p>Ford has been reached by The Epoch Times for comment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> &#8230;..<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p> Continue reading more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/michigan-state-legislators-reject-tax-benefits-to-fords-new-battery-plant_5116614.html?utm_source=partner&#038;utm_campaign=conservnewsd\">Michigan State Legislators Disapprove of Ford&#8217;s New Battery Plant Tax Benefits<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MARSHALL, Mich.\u2014Michigan House Freedom Caucus held a press conference on Saturday to object to using taxpayer dollars to fund the new Ford electric vehicle battery plant. Two days ago, stateappropriated $630 Million Ford has partnered with an EV battery manufacturer in China with close ties to the Chinese Communist Party. Michigan State Rep. 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