| The Michigan Fair Tax Proposal
The Michigan Fair Tax Proposal would completely replace the Single Business Tax (SBT), Personal Property Tax (PPT), 6 mill business School Education Tax (SET) tax, and Michigan Income Tax with a single sales tax. As a result, you would only pay tax on the final...
A Proposal to Fix Michigan (December 2008)
I. PROPOSAL - The Budget Line Item Proposal This proposal eliminates all constitutional and statutory restricted funds in the Michigan state budget and limits every budget’s general and miscellaneous category to one percent or less. All funds received will be deposited into the...
Adam Smith on Taxes
Although he lived in the 1700s, Adam Smith is still known and revered today for his work on free-market economics, including taxation. If federal, state, and local governments would follow Smith’s policy prescriptions, more economic wealth would be created...
Co-Sponsors.pdf
Revenue Sharing & Personal Property Tax
- Rep. Fulton Sheen -
The Michigan Fair Tax will add counties to the Constitution along with townships, cities, and villages and it will make the entire Revenue Sharing distribution constitutional. One of the most important goals of the Michigan Association...
HOW THE FAIR TAX AFFECTS MICHIGAN EMPLOYERS
How the MI Fair Tax Proposal Benefits MI Home Builders & Contractors (2-1-08)
The Michigan Fair Tax will replace the Single Business Tax (SBT), the Personal Property Tax, and the Michigan Income Tax with only a Sales Tax. Michigan citizens will pay an additional...
Wolfram-Ikawa Study- Hillsdale Policy.doc
IRS vs the Constitution.pdf
A Monument of Deficient Wisdom:
The Constitutional Conflict in Federal Income Tax Law Enforcement
MI Flunking On Taxation, Regulation?
MIRS 9-17-08
Michigan earns an "F" on issues of taxation and regulation among corporate CEOs.
This according to the publisher of Chief Executive Officer, a publication that annually surveys CEOs about the best and worst states to do business. "On taxation...
Sheen: Government Wins – People Loose
State Rep. Fulton Sheen today issued the following statement after the Legislature finally agreed to a resolution to the budget crisis through a series of tax increases and reforms: Lansing and big government won, but the people lost in the budget resolution this week...
Sheen votes against tax increase
House ignores reforms, expands government in budget crisis
State Rep. Fulton Sheen today voted against a massive tax increase targeted for Michigan families after the House failed to even consider genuine government reforms and will use...
The Economics of Sin Taxes
James Sadowsky, S.J. "Sin Taxes" are so called because they are levied on those commodities, such as tobacco and alcohol, which are the objects of widespread disapproval. "Such taxes," Paul Samuelson says, "are often tolerated because most people–including many
The Sin Tax: Economic and Moral Considerations
By Robert A. Sirico, CSP
The search for government revenue in fiscally tight times tempts legislators to raise revenue by imposing unusually high excise taxes on cigarettes, liquor, gambling, and so on. This type of charge, often called a "sin tax," appeals to voters who...
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