Fomenting change throughout next week

“Our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable… For it is only in such moments that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers.”

M. Scott Peck, author of The Road Less Traveled, uttered those words years ago, but might as well have been talking about next week in Michigan. Groups are hosting reform discussions far and wide, including these:

  • On Thursday, May 14, Center for Michigan President Phil Power and Detroit Renaissance President Doug Rothwell will lead the Crain’s Business over Breakfast panel on the state budget and tax reform at 7:30 a.m. at the Community House in Birmingham.
  • That same day, the Michigan Education Association (the state’s largest teacher’s union) and Lansing economist Patrick Anderson will release a report on “the effectiveness of Michigan business tax incentives.”
  • And on Saturday, May 16, the progressive Michigan Prospect will host its third annual policy conference at Cobo Hall in Detroit. The focus includes creative downsizing of struggling cities like Flint and health care reform.
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    1. Posted May 7, 2009 at 2:37 pm | Permalink

      It is time to eliminate the Michigan Business Tax and replace a portion of the lost with a income tax and sales tax increase. This would be fair to the ENTIRE business community. We need to demonstrate to the rest of the country that Michigan is open for business.