I lived in Michigan for 30 years, the same community for 25 of those years, and the last 15 in the same rented house.

The nonhomestead tax on that home during the time in which it was levied, amounted to an average of $1,200 per year.

So I figure that, rather than being a LOOTER of society, I was actually paying quite a bit more than my fair share toward the education of homeowners' children in my community.  Homeowners paying 6 mills for schools have been receiving one whopping subsidy from the landlords and renters of their school districts - if that's not LOOTING, what do you call it?

Put another way, my income was redistributed upward through the nonhomestead tax.  (You do oppose redistribution of wealth and of income, do you not?)

During this time, I was fully employed, at some times holding holding multiple jobs and working approx 60 hours per week.

I support property rights for all and oppose redistribution of wealth and of income.  How exactly is that looting?

And please explain exactly what MI-1040CR, page 2, part 2 has to do with it.

I did not qualify for the Michigan Homestead Tax Credit because (see below) the credit treats homeowners and renters unequally.

MI-1040CR, page 2, part 2 allows homeowners a tax credit on the basis of actual property taxes billed (whether or not said property taxes were actually paid during the year for which the tax credit is claimed), while renters cannot use the actual property taxes in calculating the tax credit, but must use 20 percent of the rent paid (regardless of actual property taxes) in calculating the tax credit.

Under the one-size-fits-all formula for renters, I did not qualify for the Michigan Homestead Tax Credit in any year after 1983.  Using the actual property taxes, for the years in which the nonhomestead tax was levied, I would have qualified every year for a Michigan Homestead Tax Credit in the neighborhood of $500.

Did you really think MI-1040CR, page 2, part 2 is fair to renters?  Under MI-1040CR, page 2, part 2, some renters receive a larger tax credit than they deserve, and others (like me) receive a smaller tax credit (or none) than they deserve.