On October 29, CEA President John C. Mozena was invited to testify before the Michigan State House of Representatives' Oversight Subcommittee on Economic Development and State Investments. It was his third time as an invited witness before the subcommittee, which was created in 2024 to impose legislative oversight on Michigan's out-of-control economic development subsidy programs. … Continue reading Testimony to Michigan House Oversight Subcommittee on Economic Development
Michigan’s Subsidies for Ford Motor Company Electric Vehicle Battery Plant Named 2023’s “Worst Economic Development Deal of the Year” by The Center for Economic Accountability
December 4, 2023 –The Center for Economic Accountability has selected Michigan’s $1.75 billion in planned subsidies for an electric vehicle battery plant operated by a joint venture between Ford Motor Company and Chinese firm CATL as America’s “Worst Economic Development Deal of the Year” for 2023. The award recognizes a state or municipal government subsidy … Continue reading Michigan’s Subsidies for Ford Motor Company Electric Vehicle Battery Plant Named 2023’s “Worst Economic Development Deal of the Year” by The Center for Economic Accountability
CEA President Testifies Against Giant Battery Plant to Marshall, Mich. City Council
TESTIMONY OF JOHN C. MOZENA, PRESIDENT, CENTER FOR ECONOMIC ACCOUNTABILITY BEFORE THE MARSHALL, MICH. CITY COUNCIL MAY 1, 2023 My name is John Mozena, and I am the president of the Center for Economic Accountability. We’re an independent, nonpartisan and nonprofit organization that’s based here in Michigan but works around the country to try to … Continue reading CEA President Testifies Against Giant Battery Plant to Marshall, Mich. City Council
CEA President to Michigan Strategic Fund Board: “Please, just stop.”
On February 13, the Michigan Strategic Fund board voted to approve a $210 million grant and other incentives to Ford Motor Company, as part of a reported $1 billion in subsidies for a battery plant in Marshall, Mich. The only public comment at the meeting came from Center for Economic Accountability President John C. Mozena, … Continue reading CEA President to Michigan Strategic Fund Board: “Please, just stop.”
CEA statement on subsidized Ford/CATL battery plant project in Marshall, Mich.
Statement by John C. Mozena, president of the Center for Economic Accountability, on the reported $1 billion-plus public subsidy for a Ford/CATL battery plant in Marshall, Mich. Either the Marshall site is the best place for Ford’s proposed EV battery plant with CATL, or it isn’t. If it is, then Michigan’s taxpayers are getting screwed. … Continue reading CEA statement on subsidized Ford/CATL battery plant project in Marshall, Mich.