Tag: taxes

Time to Storm The Castle…

A message from Jack Hoogendyk, who was there in 2007 and knows how these things happen.. I served in the legislature six years. I know how it works. Every day when the legislature is in session, the lobbyists hang out,…

What Kind Of Tax Increases Will They Be???

This is how the brilliance of the left solves problems like HIGH Medical costs…  At least a couple of good conscience are standing up for us..  Of all the insane, untimely, insipid, (add your own here) ideas…. GOP blasts Democrats’…

Rally Tomorrow 09-27-09 Capitol steps..

A Message from my In-Box Fellow Patriots, As we fight off the Federal Government, let us not forget the fight we face in Michigan.  I know it is a short notice for everyone and budgets are tight.  But please come…

Shut it down.

Do not let the “polling” numbers fool you.  The Detroit News Reports: While lawmakers are focusing on budget cuts, more than a quarter of Michiganians say that’s not the way out of the budget crisis, according to a statewide poll.…

Upcoming Tax Hike Imminent Unless You Act NOW

A Message from Leon Drolet — This week is D-Day for the coming state budget: a balanced state budget is constitutionally required by the end of this week. Last week, Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop (R-Rochester) and House Speaker Andy…

Ignorant or Insidious?

The following is a column that I should hopefully have printed in Friday’s edition of CM Life, Central Michigan University’s school rag.

Hello.. IS THIS THING ON??!!

Not like I have advocated the judicious pursuit of a solid fiscal policy in this state among other common topics.  I surely haven’t spent any time suggesting the higher taxes are not only counter productive to state coffers and general…

MY Stimulus Package

How about a solution which will get ALL of the unemployed in Michigan who want to work a job in less than 3 months? Though radical and new, this idea is far less dangerous than the current plan as it…

Stopping foreclosures? Not entirely…

So the Obamatard is talking about his $75B foreclosure prevention plan. Fantastic. I’m not going to waste my time shooting that one down. But guess what, while he’s keeping the banks from getting their property back, he certainly isn’t doing…

Granholm's (continuing) Folly..

In the Michigan 2010 fiscal year budget, under revenue estimates, there is a distinct note of denial in that the consequence of the tax INCREASE in October 2007 is actually perpetuating the decline in revenue. But lets not let a…