Yes, folks, it's true. Today the House Appropriations committee passed a "supplemental spending bill" (HB 4492) to address the spending shortfall in this year's budget. Oddly, the bill (as reported by MIRS) actually increases spending for this year by $69.5 million! Included in the bill is "the intent of the Legislature to restore funding for the Healthy Michigan Fund and arts grants in the 2007-2008 fiscal year."
If that isn't bad enough, the bill is tie-barred to HB 4500, which will raise your income tax from 3.9% to 4.6%. I hope you are ready to pay your fair share of taxes...
To learn more abut these bills go to www.michiganvotes.org.
Stay tuned for up-to-the-minute reports from the house floor as time permits...
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
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Why aren't we letting local governments fund their own parks, arts, zoos, libraries, etc? It's time people's tax money was used how they see fit to benefit their own community. I don't want my tax dollars being used as a cultural grant for a big city that is hours away. I'd rather use that money to build a park in my little hometown that my kids will actually use on a daily basis. I'd like to see locals have the ability to choose to privatize their library systems so that they will be more cost-effective. Improve your own community, don't expect me to do it.
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