{"id":3934,"date":"2023-03-10T08:35:27","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T13:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/?p=3934"},"modified":"2023-03-10T08:35:27","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T13:35:27","slug":"hey-the-system-worked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/?p=3934","title":{"rendered":"Hey, the System Worked!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/JPA384.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/JPA384.jpg\" alt=\"Hey, the System Worked!\" class=\"wp-image-3935\" width=\"560\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/JPA384.jpg 560w, http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/JPA384-300x219.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It was kind of a big deal that Governor Whitmer signed a bill this week, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.michiganradio.org\/politics-government\/2023-03-07\/whitmer-signs-bill-to-boost-eitc-restore-retirement-tax-break\">Michigan Radio&#8217;s Rick Pluta reported<\/a>, &#8220;&#8230;to restore a tax break on retirement income and to boost the state earned income tax credit \u2014 the biggest state tax overhaul in a dozen years.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not only will this have a direct effect on the lives of us Michiganders, it also represents remarkably swift action by our state government. Have we not been conditioned by the past couple of decades to expect a slow grind at best and complete gridlock as status quo? How did this happen?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, the Democrats pitched some stuff including a $180 tax rebate check. The Republicans countered angling toward a permanent decrease in the state income tax rate. Compromises were made. Some&nbsp;things was tabled. But&nbsp;legislation&nbsp;got done. The system worked!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, are the two political parties completely happy about this? No. Are they actively seeking opportunities to sink knives into each others backs? Of course.&nbsp;But this&nbsp;proves out that progress is not dependent on&nbsp;Republican\/Democrat kumbaya \u2014 we just need them to be able to work together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was kind of a big deal that Governor Whitmer signed a bill this week, as Michigan Radio&#8217;s Rick Pluta reported, &#8220;&#8230;to restore a tax break on retirement income and to boost the state earned income tax credit \u2014 the biggest state tax overhaul in a dozen years.&#8221; Not only will this have a direct [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,13,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-editorial-cartoon","category-michiganpress-org","category-michiganradio-org"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3934"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3934\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3936,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3934\/revisions\/3936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}