Dear Santa, I know the presents will be smaller this year, and I know they'll be way more expensive.

And even if you can't get them because they're stuck on a boat off the port of L.A.

somewhere, I'd appreciate anything you could give me.

You see, Santa, the government checks stopped coming a couple months back, and I've gotten used to getting something for nothing.

I'm sure the Gryfters and hackers in the Philippines miss their Michigan unemployment checks too, Santa.

We all do.

Of course, some people are still waiting for theirs.

If you can't get my stuff off the boat in L.A., then please just bring me a six-pack of beer

and a soft pack of cigarettes.

That costs $20 and some change at the gas station now, Santa. I used a mound of pennies from the dish near the cash register for the change.

The power executives aren't competent around here, so please bring us some competent power executives, Santa, ones that serve society instead of their shareholders.

The wind is blowing hard again today. We're worried.

My mother once told me, people don't ask for too much. We ask for too little. Instead of peace on

earth, we ask for keys to a new car. But now we can have both Santa. We can wish for an electric

vehicle and put an end to global warming.

A piece of paradise parked right inside our garages of Eden.

General Motors is promising in all-electric future.

So please, Santa, won't you bring General Motors some more taxpayer dollars?

They can never seem to get enough free money. Now they say they need

hundreds of millions of Michigan's leftover COVID dollars to build a battery plant here. I know,

Santa. I know. GM is already the largest car maker in the United States and the largest car

maker in Mexico. GM sells more cars in China than in the United States. GM makes

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