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Tag: MIFAIRTAX

Candidates for Governor Debate AND The MI FairTax

By JGillman, Section News
Posted on Thu May 06, 2010 at 08:18:13 AM EST
Tags: MIFairTax, Michigan, Governor, candidates, Debate, Forum (all tags)

I have been a supporter of the Michigan Fair Tax for some time. Personally, I think it may need a tweak to consider the difficulty of service tax collection, but is the type of structure we need to look at.

Roger Buchholtz of the MIFairtax provided the following report, and AFP has graciously provided the forum and video of our three best candidates:

Mike Bouchard, Mike Cox and Pete Hoekstra debated before a crowd of over 1,500 people that attended an Americans For Prosperity (AFP) Summit in Clarkston last Saturday. The debate was polite but at times spirited as moderator Phil Kerpen, VP of Policy at AFP asked the candidates a wide range of questions in the 90 minute debate.

When the candidates were asked their position on the MI FairTax all candidates spoke favorably of the proposal. The MI FairTax is a 9.75% retail sales tax that would replace the current 6% sales tax, 4.35% Michigan personal income tax and most business taxes.

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If you are going to do it...

By JGillman, Section News
Posted on Fri Feb 12, 2010 at 09:13:17 AM EST
Tags: Michigan, Granholm, Taxes, Mackinac Center, Fair Tax, MIFAIRTAX (all tags)

At least pay attention to the Proposals already on the table. In fact take a look at a study of one such proposal already provided by the Hillsdale college scholars.

Governor Granholm has been continuing her path of raising taxes on Michigan as if no one is paying attention any longer. Her most recent budget includes additional spending, (more than this current fiscal year) and she has attempted to manipulate the revenue stream so that the actual tax increase on the citizens is hidden.

Her proposed small shift downward in the sales tax looks good on its face, but she hopes to expand the things taxed to services in hopes of generating the needed $2 Billion plus in revenue to cover that spending. Though she claims it is revenue neutral by 2013, how well can we trust the judgment of the most fiscally imprudent executives the state has ever seen?

Further...

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