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Michigan Sen. Roger N. Kahn, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee and a Saginaw Township Republican, and retired U.S. Air Force Major Generals Thomas Cutler and William Henderson called for $140 million increase in early education.

"It's critical to our nation's long-term security," Kahn said.

"The Department of Defense estimates that 75 percent of young Americans are unable to serve in the military for three primary reasons: They have not graduated from high school, they are physically unfit, or they have a criminal record," Henderson said.

"Because Michigan's problems with weight are similar to the national average and the state's problems with education are worse than the national average, it is likely that at least three out of four young adults in Michigan cannot join the military."

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Typical.  Government creates the mollycoddling "safety net" of EBT Cards, Food stamps, Free lunch programs, NCLB, SSI disabilities, and criminalizing everything under the sun so the elected class can say they're "tough on crime," then government wants to blow more coerced tax dollars because they now allegedly have a solution for the problem.