Michigan Votes Forum

Are you kidding me? He can not be taking his job seriously if this is what he is thinking about.

Government employees and the unions that represent them....teachers included....have been gutting the taxpayers of this state for decades. It's about time they pay 20% of the costs associated with their medical insurance just like those of us in the private sector....you know, the ones who pay for...

[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...

First off: Collective Bargaining is not a right! Secondly, if an amendment can be added to the constitution, why can it not be repealed? I say no way to public employee unions. They have no one to "bargain" against except for the democratic politicians that they elected to office. Does that...

ABSOLUTELY NOT! Detroit has a city income tax already and look what it's done for THAT city! Services are CRAP, corruption is the norm and the only people happy about it are politicians. NO LOCAL TAXES (pre-emption!) and no MORE taxes on regular citizens! Are you listening Lansing? Taxes aren't...

This bill does much to reverse the trend of increased wages and benefits paid for by the taxpayer for decades. It's a start, but as long as we maintain the mandatory Arbitration rules that allow for the arbitor to ignore the economy and require that taxes be raised in order to pay for increases,...

It is imperative that this bill pass. We can no longer afford to allow binding arbitration without any consideration of the ability of the government unit to pay for the decision. We are not talking about workers who have been poorly compensated or taken advantage of but a group of individuals who have...

Since when is it required to disclose when you are exercising your constitutional right. Any income received will be reported to the tax collector.

With an estimated cost of $ 7 billion over the last 10 years, Congress has passed a package of small business stimulus measures. This package will increase tax cuts, spur lending and provide new equity financing. This bill is in response to the increasing costs of beginning a business, and will be overseen...