I want taxes to be reduced.  You guys do too. we want a fair tax process.  He has a tough road to travel to get there if he wants one too.

A post on his facebook page today:

"Why should a family of four with an income of $50,000 have to pay state income taxes, while a retired couple with an income of $65,000 does not?"

But even while we are asking our question, filling in the gaps of falling revenues will require that those revenues must come from somewhere.  A "somewhere" that has a largely growing demographic percentage-wise, and probably seems like low hanging fruit. The numbers say the senior population is growing in Michigan. Partly because the state is losing its younger more mobile population, and partly because the state is one of a few that has had exemptions on this particular type of taxing.

And the unions, as the left often does, has been seeking out willing allies for these ventures into Lansing.  They NEED the dissent from the faces of those who have populated tea party rallies in the past toward Snyder policies.  In all likelihood, organizers recognize working with pensioneers in tandem with the calls for action against the EFM legislation, could partially derail the reinvention that Snyder would like.

Given his signing of the EFM legislation today, I suspect it will get a little more interesting in Lansing soon.  With potentially 100 municipalities rumored to be in trouble this year, I'm sure glad I'm not working for one. From the Ivory tower:

"State Treasurer Andy Dillon has said he expects a large number of local governments to face insolvency in the coming year, and that the state must prepare to deal with them.

Dillon, in partnership with Michigan State University, is planning a second two-day training session for future financial managers. More than 100 participants are expected."

oh.. wait.