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Michigan Voters Reject “Roads Tax”

|| By FITSNEWS || Voters in Michigan overwhelmingly rejected a massive tax hike which supporters claimed would provide new funding for the state’s deteriorating roads and bridges.  The “Safe Roads Yes” campaign – embraced by Michigan’s “Republican” governor and dozens of GOP and Democratic lawmakers – would have resulted in a…

|| By FITSNEWS || Voters in Michigan overwhelmingly rejected a massive tax hike which supporters claimed would provide new funding for the state’s deteriorating roads and bridges.  The “Safe Roads Yes” campaign – embraced by Michigan’s “Republican” governor and dozens of GOP and Democratic lawmakers – would have resulted in a net tax hike of anywhere between $477 and $575 on Michigan households.

The money would have come from hiking the state’s gas and sales taxes, while some low-income families would have received modest tax relief in the form of an earned income tax credit expansion.

Voters were having none of the net $1.9 billion hike … in fact they defeated it by the broadest margin of any ballot initiative in Michigan history.

A whopping 1.4 million voters (80 percent) cast “No” ballots, compared to only 350,000 (20 percent) who voted “Yes.”

Opponents argued Michigan politicians had ballooned the state’s budget by $4.7 billion over the last four years – including money for corporate handouts, Hollywood film incentives and tourism marketing promotion.

“If Michigan has a budget problem, corporate welfare handouts should be the first to go,” the group Concerned Taxpayers of Michigan stated.

Indeed …

Good for Michigan.

Roads and bridges are – as we’ve repeatedly argued – core functions of government.  And taxpayers in Michigan – and all across America – send their governments more than enough money to responsibly discharge that function.

Government doesn’t need more money.  It needs to confine itself to core functions … and perform those functions responsibly.

(Hear that, South Carolina?)

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4 comments

fc May 6, 2015 at 10:34 am

They can’t even keep the water on in Detroit.Why would they fix roads?

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sparklecity May 6, 2015 at 11:42 am

It AIN”T because they can’t keep the water “on”. It’s because so many are unemployed, they can’t pay their bills.
You don’t pay your water bill = your water is shut off. This is economics/capitalism pure and simple and the inverse of what you are posting.
Go back to listening to Rush Limpballs or reading “NewsMax” on line

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Timmy Tebow May 6, 2015 at 11:48 am

lol Limpballs

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GrandTango May 6, 2015 at 1:15 pm

FITS, and the pro-tax Democrats are getting their @$$ kicked nationwide…LMAO…

Baltimore DA Ignorance
Clinton Foundation Scandal
Islamists gettin’ lit up in Garland TX…

FITS, and the left got S#!t all over their faces….LMAO…

You can only be an ignorant Dumb@$$, like FITS, his minions and Obama, for so long…before it catches up w/ you….

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