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Tag: delinquent taxesBy Nick, Section News
The Detroit Institute of the Arts is laying off over 60 employees, a full 20 percent of their payroll and that's a big deal.
The Flint Journal ran an op-ed with the words "Jennifer Granholm jeopardizes state power system" in that order in the title and that's a pretty big surprise. Heck, today is Fat Tuesday and after a few of you get three or four paczki in you then YOU are going to be a big person. Literally. But all of that pales in comparison to the BIG load of... hypocrisy... playing out in newspapers like the Ivory Tower this morning as the MSM races to bring readers the latest on Governor Granholm's suggestion that she might slap online the names of folks who haven't paid their taxes on time. In principle, I don't mind the idea at all. In fact, I think its pretty boss. If you're breaking the rules and refusing to pay your fair share then a big scarlet "www." (as it were) is the least of your worries. And the least of ours, too. The vast majority of us pay our taxes on time every time. There are certain services even the staunchest anti-government conservative will admit we need. If a little web-shame can keep folks from trying to pull one over on Uncle Sam or the state Capitol... or get a delinquent to come clean and pay off his or her tab, mores the better! Alas, that's not what the Governor is looking for and its not what her proposal targets. Her proposal is pure, unadulterated class warfare. It's the politics of personal destruction and the politics of yesterday. Oh, and its the sort of thing that would give her a pass on her OWN back taxes. Read on... (4 comments, 713 words in story) Full Story |
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