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Basic Math on Michigan Proposal 1 of 2015 Ends with Questionable Results
Sometimes, Politicians think we are stupid....
That is the best description one can muster for the shell game being played on Michigan residents about efforts to raise the State's Sales Tax from 6% to 7%.
Last weekend, while attending a local informational form on Proposal 1 of 2015 - a measure designed to hike taxes on purchases not related to food at any grocery store chain or independent operator in Michigan - an moment of clarity arose.
If the basic math and surface details of Proposal 1's lead to a reasonable conclusion the measure by its core design takes earned revenue away from the coffers of Michigan's lower, middle and working class were not clear as a bell before this moment in time, this hypothesis was quantified in recent conversation with a elected official we shall leave nameless.
Read more: http://www.reachoutjobsearch.com/2015/03/oped-basic-math-on-michigan-proposal-1.html#ixzz3UIJG0QPd
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