Michigan Votes Forum

Introduced in the House on May 29, 2007, to not reduce pet shop license fees on Sept. 30, 2007. The fees were “temporarily” increased in 2006, and under current law will go back down after on Sept. 30, 2007. The bill would extend the higher fees until September 30, 2012. The bill is one of a large package of bills increasing fees on dozens of regulated business and career activities, including House Bills 4840 to 4849, and 4860

The vote was 82 in favor, 24 opposed and 4 not voting

(House Roll Call 329 at House Journal 81)

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Increasing fees on dozens of regulated business and career activities is a bad move for our government. These fees contiue to be attempts to increase revenue beyond the taxes that are allready in place, and continue to be a burden on the taxpayers. Our government should not live beyond it's means, as the citizens can not afford it!

STOP IT! Fees Are TAXES! NO MORE

These fees do nothing to help citizens. All they do is pay bureaucrats money so they can interfer with our lives. Save money two ways: 1. Eliminate unnecessary fees. 2. Eliminate the bureaucrats who feed off of them.

As representatives you apparenly don't understand the meaning of "temporary". The TEMPORARY increase has a sunset date. That makes it TEMPORARY. To now make it permanent validates citizens who are skeptical anytime our representatives propose actions such as TEMPORARY tax or fee increases. The word TEMPORARY is used under false pretences to make a proposal more palitable by politicans who are lying in order to pass something, lacking of courage to face their consituents, or didn't pass 2nd grade vocabulary. Drop the bill and stand by your original word and let is sunset. Any other action is a lie and violates the trust of the people. But why should this be different?

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What a pathetic bunch of useless people we have in Lansing!