Category: Real Discussion

Its Not About The Taxes..

Recently, we have heard Governor Granholm say “Higher taxes aren’t the issue,” and even many conservative pundits have reluctantly agreed. They point to Ohio, and Illinois as having higher overall taxes than Michigan, and say “it works for them, why…

Because They Cannot Be Trusted..

Perhaps we could look into setting maximum amounts spent by our state through a ballot initiative. Perhaps tying the hands of our legislators IS what is needed. They need rules that WE have set to go by, and maybe we…

The lights are on but no one is home…

Lets get this straight… On a Detroit talk radio program , House Speaker Andy Dillon, D-Redford Township, and Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop, R-Rochester, pointed fingers at each other for the negotiations breakdown Wednesday over the service tax. The House…

Who gets the CASH? (and who gets the shaft)

Assuming the 3:30 meeting today between legislators  goes as planned, and the USE tax extension to services is repealed, what about the 16 hours of taxes collected for astrology, numerology, and ski passes?  Who gets them?  Is there a mechanism…

Tick tic tic tic….

The clock is running out, and it seems the incredibly unpopular, regressive, possibly illegal, and damaging to the economy service tax still lives. Did I say possibly illegal? Actually it is the opinion of this writer that it IS illegal…

Christmas Brings The Usual…

Every year starting at the end of November, the debate over government sponsored religion heats up. In Michigan 2007, it is the Nativity Scene in front of county building that seems to offend some of those who do not have…

Film Makers Beg Off Taxes To Use Michigan..

OK.. Lets see if our state government “buys” that a 40% tax reduction for the film industry will bring movie business into the state routine. Film makers, and proponents today argued the merits of turning Michigan into a film mecca…

Letters to the Editor

How stupid can people be? Just read the editorials in any paper.  Yesterdays ( 11/26) Record Eagle has a letter from an idiot who can’t understand why the police shot the ‘suicidal’ person in Karlin.  The report will state: The…

A Sales Tax Solution For Online Collections?

In an Editorial by the Detroit Free Press, the author discusses the sales tax and suggests Congress institutes legislation FORCING Internet retailers without a presence in Michigan (or other states) to set up and collect sales (USE) taxes for the…