Michigan Round-Up

The Onion‘s what-do-you-think column recently:

The Democratic National Committee ruled that delegates from Michigan and Florida will get only half votes at the party’s convention in August. What do you think?

“Given the emigration rate in Michigan and the mortality rate in Florida, I bet the revised delegate counts will actually be more representative of the states’ populations come convention time.”
Chris Patterson,
Window Washer

Recent blog posts of ours on Michigan explain why:

• Michigan Tax Revenue Under Projection After Tax Hikes, by Joseph Henchman, May 28, 2008
• Home Builders Lobby Now Targeting Michigan Legislature for More Tax Handouts, by Gerald Prante, May 27, 2008
• The Usual Michigan Nonsense, by TF Staff, May 14, 2008
• More Bad Tax Policy from Michigan, by Gerald Prante, April 24, 2008
• Michigan Passes Tax Hike, by Curtis S. Dubay, October 1, 2007
• A View of Michigan’s Economy Courtesy of The Onion, by Gerald Prante, September 21, 2007
• Michigan Just Doesn’t Get It, by Curtis S. Dubay, September 20, 2007
• Surprise! Michigan Discussing Tax Hike, by Gerald Prante, September 14, 2007
• Michigan Budget Still Unresolved, by Curtis S. Dubay, September 11, 2007
• A First Look at Michigan’s New Business Tax(es), by Chris Atkins, July 5, 2007
• Would a Gross Receipts Tax Stabilize Michigan Revenue Collections?, by Chris Atkins, June 4, 2007
• More Bad Tax Policy from Michigan, by Curtis S. Dubay, May 24, 2007
• In a New Low for Government Service, Michigan Threatens to Let the People Rot, by William Ahern, April 20, 2007
• Granholm’s Service Tax: Right Principle, Wrong Application, Wrong Target, by Chris Atkins, February 8, 2007
• More Negatives than Positives in Governor Granholm’s SBT Replacement Plan, by Chris Atkins, November 30, 2006
• Fixing Michigan’s Business Tax Climate, by Andrew Chamberlain, February 9, 2006
• Michigan Picking the Wrong Battles, by Curtis S. Dubay, October 25, 2005
• A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats: Except Those Sinking, by Curtis S. Dubay, August 29, 2005
• Detroit Looks to Gambling for a Budget Quick Fix, by Alicia Hansen, July 29, 2005
• Single Business Tax (SBT) Elimination Advances in Michigan Senate, by Chris Atkins, June 23, 2005
• GM and Michigan, by Curtis S. Dubay, May 26, 2005