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REPUBLICANS PUT MICHIGAN MILLIONAIRES OVER STATE’S WORKERS, CHILDREN & SENIORS
U.S. House Republicans Voted to Strip $37.2 Billion of Federal Funding from Michigan To Give Corporations and the Ultra-Wealthy Another Tax Cut LANSING, MICHIGAN – The current federal budget fight that is nearing a possible June 1st deadline comes on the heels of...
Overwhelming majority of Michiganders support fairly taxing wealthy corporations, polluter pay provisions, and ending dark stores loophole
LANSING – New polling released late last week from Lake Effect found that 68% of Michigan residents support taking legislative action to end the “dark stores” tax loophole, which allows big box stores to have their taxes assessed as if their property is a vacant “dark...
Clear majority of Michiganders support raising taxes on the wealthy
68 percent support modernizing MI's tax system, including 51 percent of Republicans LANSING – New polling from Lake Effect out this week found that a clear majority of Michigan residents support modernizing our state tax structure so that wealthy people pay more in...
Revenue-dependent tax rollback must be temporary to be fiscally responsible
LANSING–The following is a statement from Fund MI Future Executive Director MoReno Taylor II regarding the state income tax rollback decision issued by Michigan treasurer Rachael Eubanks this week: “The Whitmer administration made the right call: it would be fiscally...
Fund MI Future coalition calls on elected officials, members of the public to stand up to corporate greed
LANSING–-One week before DTE customers were subjected to a multi-day power outage last month, the utility company asked the state’s Public Service Commission to greenlight an 18 percent rate increase despite record profits the previous year. Last August,...
Michiganders strongly support corporate accountability, higher taxes on the wealthy, and elimination of the dark stores loophole
Lake Effect poll finds state residents are hungry for bold, progressive policies LANSING – New polling released this week from Lake Effect found that 62% of respondents support ending the dark stores tax loophole, where big box retailers’ property taxes are assessed...
Dark Stores loophole pilfers tax dollars meant for vital community infrastructure and gives them to billion-dollar Big Box corporations
Revenue giveaway puts small businesses at a disadvantage while shorting public safety, youth programs, and libraries LANSING — Local officials in Houghton are sounding the alarm over the latest “dark stores” fiasco, telling MIRS News this week that their community is...
MI budget proposal a good start, but corporations and wealthy individuals must pay what they owe to create shared prosperity
LANSING– The following statement is in response to Governor Whitmer’s budget presentation today: “Hard-working Michigan families and seniors deserve these critical investments for schools, infrastructure, the environment, health, and housing outlined in the Governor’s...