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… and their plans to raise some taxes, on the poor and elderly.
Some members of the Michigan Legislature are proposing to raise taxes on nearly 800,000 lower-income working families and their children by $330 million, while supporting a massive $1.5 billion tax cut for businesses. Under the proposal, 85 percent of Michigan’s 300,000 businesses will end up paying no taxes at all – regardless of how much they make, or how many state and local services they require.
These lawmakers want to pay for a business tax cut by eliminating the Earned Income Tax Credit, which returns an average of $432 to families, most with children.
Michigan is joining together to oppose higher taxes on the working poor.
The group also notes that there is a bill the Congress that would make Michigan a “right to work “ state. Yes, the Michigan chapter of the American Taliban would like to see the state become like most of the southern states which would then have all of those future promised jobs paying out minimum wage rates while making the citizenry poorer, and giving the employers even more tax breaks.
