Election year politics

Well it seems as if some of our state politicians have swung in to full election mode. Just last week, the House Republicans announced they'd like to repeal the state income tax increase enacted last year to help address the state's $1 billion budget deficit. This comes on the heels of their pronouncements during the recent budget discussions in Lansing that those revenue sharing funds i talked about earlier -- you know the money that goes back to locals to help provide essential services such as police and fire -- should be increased more than what's proposed in the budget. What a bunch of hypocrites, wanting to have their cake and eat it too. The fact of the matter is that this state has cut taxes for a decade and did it work to turn the economy around, NO! Do we have the lowest unemployment rate in the country because of all those new jobs the tax cuts created, NO! What the policy did lead to was $3 billion less in revenue sharing and cuts in local police and fire, closed parks and libraries, less services to seniors and familes, I could go on and on about how those tax cuts actually led to lowering our standard of living in our state. Now no one and I mean one likes to pay taxes, but someone once said that taxes are the price we pay for a civil society. So, if you're tired of the harangue from those who live in their own little world and still believe that more tax cuts will lead us to economic nirvana, check out this site. It provides an alternative view backed up with facts about Michigan's tax structure, its burden on me and you and what those taxes help to fund.