Michigan government has gotten so big and bloated, it cannot even perform basi
c functions anymore.
Since the Michigan government cannot figure out how to perform basic duties, like keep our roads safe, they are asking you to increase our sales tax to higher than that of California.
Lucrative future deals for construction companies have made it a good idea for them to invest in bleeding heart commercials about a poor mom just looking for safe roads for her family, however, everybody knows many roads will not be saved under this scheme, and some perfectly good roads will be torn up because some crooked politician wants his cronies paid off.
Though inflation nationally is never calculated on fuel and food, the State of Michigan’s dominating Republican Party wants you to pay more in fuel taxes every year, when inflation is bound to go through the roof from the out-of-control deficit spending of the national administration.
Teacher’s unions, the top-heavy money grubbers who value their 6 and 7 digit salaries rather than the future of our children, whined when some of their revenue would be disrupted when Snyder wanted to change the tax structure of gasoline and diesel. So lawmakers added not only another tax to benefit the MEA, but also are looping in all our community colleges in a scheme that will lower children’s IQ’s and fatten the wallets of the union pigs.
The Michigan poor who wish to comply with the law, will find it more difficult to pay ever-increasing and systematically unfair registration fees, but lawmakers think that increasing a subsidy for staying poor will help them with that.
No word yet on how the over-bureaucratized Michigan government figures the middle class will get by with such a burden squeeze from the top and bottom.
Via, here is the exact wording of the proposed increase in taxes and government in Michigan, known as Proposal 1 which you will be asked to approve or disapprove on May 5th, 2015.
PROPOSAL 15-1
A proposal to amend the State Constitution to increase the sales/use tax from 6%
to 7% to replace and supplement reduced revenue to the School Aid Fund and local units of government caused by the elimination of the sales/use tax on gasoline and diesel fuel for vehicles operating on public roads, and to give effect to laws that provide additional money for roads and other transportation purposes by increasing the gas tax and vehicle registration fees.
The proposed constitutional amendment would:
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Eliminate sales / use taxes on gasoline / diesel fuel for vehicles on public roads.
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Increase portion of use tax dedicated to School Aid Fund (SAF).
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Expand use of SAF to community colleges and career / technical education, and
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prohibit use for 4-year colleges / universities.
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Give effect to laws, including those that:
- Increase sales / use tax to 7%, as authorized by constitutional amendment.
- Increase gasoline / diesel fuel tax and adjust annually for inflation,
- increase vehicle registration fees, and dedicate revenue for roads and other transportation purposes.
- Expand competitive bidding and warranties for road projects.
- Increase earned income tax credit.
Should this proposal be adopted?
YES [ ]
Hell NO [X]
Let’s see, increase, expand, increase, increase, increase, expand and increase. This government has to cut down.
This proposal will change our Michigan constitution to include more taxation for a basic function.
The Michigan House has recently voted 58-51 to end film incentives. That’s a good start, and they should be looking for other savings.
MICHIGAN REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS SHOULD STOP ASKING MICHIGANDERS TO TAKE A PAY CUT! KEEP YOUR HANDS IN YOUR OWN POCKETS!
If Michigan legislators want us to pay for roads, stop doing this combination platter crap, and get it done. Mark me as an emphatic hell no for this insipid proposal.
