Comments on: Luxury Tax or Business Tax? http://www.thecenterformichigan.net/blog/luxury-tax-or-business-tax/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:38:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: farlane http://www.thecenterformichigan.net/blog/luxury-tax-or-business-tax/#comment-231 farlane Fri, 05 Oct 2007 16:01:33 +0000 http://www.thecenterformichigan.net/blog/luxury-tax-or-business-tax/#comment-231 Sometimes it truly seems as if our elected officials were sent here with the sole purpose of ramming Michigan's economy down a dark, dark hole. This "services tax" is a great example. Taxing ski resorts but not golf courses, "consultants" but not lawyers and offering no rhyme or reason as to why businesses are being taxed and what do you have? Increased uncertainty and a perception of unfairness. Uncertainty is bad for business, unfairness is bad for confidence and our current pattern of governance by the seat of the pants and at the will of those who lavish the most money is bad for Michigan. Sometimes it truly seems as if our elected officials were sent here with the sole purpose of ramming Michigan's economy down a dark, dark hole.

This "services tax" is a great example. Taxing ski resorts but not golf courses, "consultants" but not lawyers and offering no rhyme or reason as to why businesses are being taxed and what do you have? Increased uncertainty and a perception of unfairness.

Uncertainty is bad for business, unfairness is bad for confidence and our current pattern of governance by the seat of the pants and at the will of those who lavish the most money is bad for Michigan.

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