2007 House Bill 4383 (FY 2008 Executive Budget “Revenue Enhancements” )

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Introduced by Rep. Tim Melton on March 1, 2007, to repeal a use tax exemption on toll free phone services (800-numbers, WATTS lines, etc.) Also, to repeal the use tax exemption on cars sold to public or parochial school drivers education programs. This is one of a number of “tax expenditure repeal” proposals included in Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s Fiscal Year 2007-2008 budget recommendation, which is based on approximately $1 billion in tax increases. The telephone provision would increase the taxes paid by citizens approximately $22 million, and the drivers education car provision around $700,000.
- Referred to the House Tax Policy Committee on March 1, 2007.
  - Reported in the House on April 12, 2007, with the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
- Substitute offered in the House on April 17, 2007, to replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises details but does not change the substance of the bill as previously described. The substitute passed in the House by voice vote on April 17, 2007.
Passed in the House (58 to 51) on April 17, 2007, to repeal a use tax exemption on toll free phone services (800-numbers, WATTS lines, etc.) Also, to repeal the use tax exemption on cars sold to public or parochial school drivers education programs. This is one of a number of “tax expenditure repeal” proposals proposed to pay for higher spending in the Fiscal Year 2007-2008 budget. The telephone provision would increase the taxes paid by citizens approximately $22 million, and the drivers education car provision around $700,000. [Vote Details and Comments]
Received in the Senate on April 19, 2007.
- Referred to the Senate Finance Committee on April 19, 2007.
Received in the House on June 7, 2007.
- Moved to reconsider by Rep. Steve Tobocman on June 7, 2007, the vote by which the House passed the bill. The motion passed in the House by voice vote on June 7, 2007.

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Introduced by Rep. Tim Melton on March 1, 2007. Passed in the House (58 to 51) on April 17, 2007. New Comment

1) Typical republicans [by devildog2033 on June 8, 2007]
Think a business can be run without revenue. Even a ten year old with a lemonade stand knows that if there is no money coming in cutting costs won't help. Too bad you conservative pansies are so afraid of the "t" word.

Of course, when it comes to going to Vegas or Florida on vacation and paying their exorbitant sales taxes so their citizens can get a break on income tax you are all for it.

Somebody has to pick up the tab, and I am tired of the whiney conservatives in this state who are unwilling to pay their fair share, yet want all their services unchanged. Grow up crybaby's.
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2) Good point [by Mike Hignite on June 12, 2007]
A business can't be run without revenue. But the state of Michigan isn't a business; no profit motive. All it does is take monies away from businesses and individuals and spend it on other things, some needed, some not. All those other things are less efficiently paid for through taxes than they would be otherwise.
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3) good point, mike, [by Anonymous Citizen on June 12, 2007]
and a lot of those things are things the government has no business buying in the first place.

let's take government back to the basics.
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4) as a conservative, [by Anonymous Citizen on June 9, 2007]
i can live without certain 'state services', such as mandatory pistol registration, which doesn't deter crime, has high costs, and is, in some people's opinion, unconstitutional.

i can live without other 'state services', such as the DRIVER RESPONSIBILITY FEE, which is a capricious tax disguised as law enforcement.

i can also live without about fifty state mandates that only serve to bilk money from the citizens.

i can also live without the state prying into my private life in the name of 'doing what's good for me'.

i would rather pay a SALES tax than an INCOME tax. a sales tax would only tax those that have the money to BUY things, and not unfairly tax those that don't.

while no business can live without revenue, no business deserves to continue doing business that overspends it's earnings. also, this state is so busy spending millions on doing 'BUSINESS' that it has NO BUSINESS DOING.

if the state got back to doing the business of the state, and not the business of the nanny, there would be plenty of money.

now, as a liberal, i'm sure you see higher taxes as the "DO ALL, END ALL, AND FIX ALL" for this state.

remember, no business ever prospered by raising the prices on services they don't deliver.

let's be a little more 'BUSINESS-LIKE' in this state.

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5) Kakistocracy [by Anonymous Citizen on June 8, 2007]
What we are seeing in Lansing is called a Kakistocracy:Government by the least qualified or most unprincipled citizens.

No government has ever taxed their way out of a mess like exists in Michigan
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6) Walt [by Anonymous Citizen on April 27, 2007]
The Democrats are doing what the Republicans failed to do! Totally destroying the state!
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7) Love Taxes [by Anonymous Citizen on April 20, 2007]
The Democrats have never seen a tax they did not like. They have the misguided belief that they generate revenue rather than just transfer it from one group to another, usually with a negative outcome for most.
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8) No Original Thought [by Anonymous Citizen on April 17, 2007]
This may be the most incompetent, do nothing legislature we have seen in a long while. They have only one thought, increase taxes on everything. They have never heard of fiscal responsibility, or how to attract business (obviously the enemy)or any meaningful cost containment. Well you have certainly accelerated the demise of business in the state and the exodus of citizens from this state. Congratulations to the inept!
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