Michigan Votes Forum

WRONG-WRONG-WRONG!!!! System works as it is, keep the local control in place!! The last thing we need is another Granholm figure-head in charge!!! NOT!!!

Now you all know I'm pretty much in for the Dems. But WTF is up with this one>? This looks more like a Republican Money Grab.... Here is a idea "STOP STEALING FROM THE FUNDS THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLACE TO MAINTAIN THE ROADS" then there might be some for the REAL reason the taxes are collected...

This is just about as business unfriendly as you can get! You're talking about essentially doubling the tax on diesel fuel, yet we need trucks to transport our recovering manufacturing industries. You already play partisan footsie and dont get the new Detroit Bridge authorized, and now, to punish...

Old fashioned progressive where the welfare of the individual has a direct effect on the welfare of the state. Therefore, government's job needs to be to make sure that everyone has the same opportunities to succeed. That basic needs are met. Healthy citizens = healthy society. And you TaterSalad...

Ok, lets see, Diesel Fuel is in Excess of $4.00 per gallon, an Ideling Diesel Truck uses approx 1 gal. per hour ideling at std. Idle, and more if on High Idle to keep warm in the winter or Cool to sleep in the Summer. The large trucking companies can and are setting the idle time on a truck to approx...

Taxes on one thing over another provide incentive to spend more on the other over the one. Higher sales tax reduces incentive to spend on home and entertainment, which spending stimulates the economy. Lower gasoline tax reduces incentive to conserve transportation fuels and the purchase of more energy...

[quote user="Not-a-RINO"]What we need are people with the guts in the legislature to make the necessary cuts in actual spending to make our state a very attractive place to work and do business.[/quote] This is idiocy. Cuts in education, law enforcement, parks, public services, and infrastructure...

While I know Michigan needs to be more business-friendly, I cannot support raising taxes on the citizens of this state. For all her bluster, Jennifer Granholm claimed she slashed budgets to the bone and dumped the rest on the legislature to resolve. The trouble is there was never one fiscal budget less...

Actually, the bill should require permission for a designated authority to collect a certified copy of all birth information on file at the specified clerk's office . . .thus taking it out of the candidate's hands all together. ALL information in the file is necessary to assure amendments have...

Hey, I need it and I likely qualify! However, I'm smart enough to know WE DONT HAVE ANY MONEY!!!!! The best thing you could do to help the low income afford their utility bills at this point is to repeal the expensive renewable energy mandates and drill here-drill now!! That wouldnt break the current...