2007 House Bill 5105 (Repeal Detroit income tax reduction law ) (Senate Roll Call 591)
Passed in the Senate (32 to 4) on December 13, 2007, to suspend for two years a law that requires Detroit to gradually reduce its city income tax to 2.0 percent for residents and 1.0 percent for non-residents who work in the city. [History, Amendments & Comments]
The vote was 32 in favor, 4 opposed, and 2 not voting
(Senate Roll Call 591 at Senate Journal 131)
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The following legislators supported 2007 House Bill 5105 (Repeal Detroit income tax reduction law ):
The following legislators opposed 2007 House Bill 5105 (Repeal Detroit income tax reduction law ):
| Brown (R) | Jacobs (D) | Patterson (R) | Sanborn (R) |
The following legislators did not vote on 2007 House Bill 5105 (Repeal Detroit income tax reduction law ):
| Garcia (R) | Scott (D) |
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1) Excellent Idea [by Anonymous Citizen on March 14, 2008]make it 25% and then we can start over after the dust has settled.
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Just because I get a job in your city limits doesn't mean you should have any right to any money I make. You're just going to throw it away on the endless roadwork that makes the roads unusable.
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an income tax in the first place?
is this CONSTITUTIONAL?
is this LEGAL?
why don't ALL michigan cities impose an income tax? probably because detroit got a VARIANCE FROM THE LAW THAT PREVENTS OTHER CITIES FROM IMPOSING AN ILLEGAL INCOME TAX.
why does our state legislature bend over backwards to allow government entities to take the taxpayer's money?
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