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MediaDetroit Free Press - Ron Dzwonkowski: "State Tax Gap"November 19, 2006 – 2:49 pm
Early next year, the Michigan Legislature -- with a boatload of new members still hunting for the Capitol restrooms --- will have to grapple with the demise of the Single Business Tax and a looming hole of nearly $2 billion in the state budget. That's almost 20% of all the money the Legislature actuallly controls, [...] Kalamazoo Gazette - "Tax Reform Tops Legislative Agenda"November 19, 2006 – 2:46 pm
Michigan's new tax on business will spread the burden but have a lower rate. There is general agreement on that. Detroit News - "New Year Could Bring New Ways of Looking at State's Tax Structure"November 18, 2006 – 2:53 pm
Read the entire article [Adobe PDF] Crain's Detroit Business - "Report: Gap Between Revenue, Spending Growing"November 13, 2006 – 2:56 pm
As Michigan's newly elected Legislature and governor prepare to start a new term, there's a sobering new assessment of the state's budget condition. AP Interview with Phil PowerApril 6, 2006 – 3:02 pm
Phil Power isn't a man who believes in setting simple goals. The Detroit News - "Bold moves needed to change state's low skill culture"March 19, 2006 – 3:00 pm
It's the culture, stupid. Or rather, it's the culture in Michigan that keeps us stupid. New research from the University of Michigan confirms that we still shrug off college as the path to success, despite solid evidence that college graduates make more money and are less likely to lose their jobs. The Detroit News - Daniel Howes: "Michigan's economy can't get well if its disease is ignored"March 15, 2006 – 2:58 pm
You know Michigan's economic future is in dire straits when a bunch of business and civic leaders arrive at a college campus and start talking about general tax increases. |
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