Sounds like something out of an "Alice in Wonderland" novel, doesn't it?

I mean what kind of a republican feels that taxes don't actually take something away?

Oh yeah, this one.

Writing for the majority, Justice Markman wrote,

"Reducing or eliminating the statutory exemption for public-pension incomes as setforth in MCL 206.302 does not impair accrued financial benefits of a "pension plan [or] retirement system of the state [or] its political subdivisions" under Const 1963, art 9, § 24; and

Reducing or eliminating the statutory tax exemption for pension incomes as set forth in MCL 206.30 does not impair a contractual obligation in violation of Const 1963, art 1, § 10"

Wow! I can bet that the democrats are giddy with excitement over that one!

"Tax hikes are good! Even your own judge said so," will be their pat response when they take control of the legislature during the next election and want some `revenue enhancements' to fund expanding the state government in order to buy votes for future elections.

It's no secret that I'm not a huge fan of this money-grab by the Snyder Administration and Michigan republicans.

I was even more disgusted when the Mi-GOP because of their mutual admiration society at how easy they were able to ram not only this, but an income, and other taxes through the legislature after that fact.

The irony here is that republicans were so successful in their tax hikes, they actually ended up with more money than even they expected.

Sadly, no word yet, on when we'll see some tax cuts because of this surplus.

Even the one person whom I thought would have introduced a bill to address this (cough, cough, Rep. McMillin) hasn't put anything in the hopper yet to be considered.