Auchtoon!Bob Genetski Show Us the Way
Originally published in the Ann Arbor News, Bay City Times, Flint Journal, Grand Rapids Press, Jackson Citizen Patriot, Kalamazoo Gazette, Muskegon Chronicle, Saginaw News
July 14, 2013
Last week, a West Michigan lawmaker proposed legislation for a 2014 ballot proposal to eliminate state income tax. You can click here for the particulars, but it really doesn’t get more thought-out than what I wrote. This sort of deep cynicism can only be met with even deeper sarcasm.
Kris said,
July 16, 2013 @ 10:24 am
Bob strikes me as an idiot. How are state representative salaries funded?
John said,
July 16, 2013 @ 12:56 pm
Oh I don’t know about “idiot.” I doubt he came up with the idea himself. This has the looks of a floater idea designed at a higher level to (1) start the process of making it a legitimate option and (2) deflect attention away from other, less electable issues. The thing that gets me is the completely nonplussed reaction to concerns about the, oh, $9 billion whole in the budget. “Ah, some sort of sales tax I guess. Whatever.” This from the party of fiscal responsibility?