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It will take all of us to enact the changes we need to move Michigan forward. Read the latest press releases and announcements from our movement to raise revenue. Reporters trying to reach Fund MI Future should email requests to Charlie Cavell.

Op-Ed: As Another Tax Season Draws to a Close, Housing Advocates Want a Fair Tax System

by Julie Houck | April 15, 2025 | Media | 0 Comments

April is here, and with it goes the end of the tax season. This tax day, from Detroit to Grand Rapids, from Marquette to Monroe, most of us paid our share to help fund our public services.

Statement on Whitmer’s 2025-2026 Budget Priorities

by FMF Team | February 5, 2025 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

LANSING, MI – Today, Governor Whitmer’s office presented the details of her 2025-2026 budget priorities to the House and Senate Appropriation committees. For too long, a handful of politicians have shortchanged our communities billions of dollars; they have rigged the...

Gov. Whitmer’s Sixth State of the State Address Lays Out Bold Vision for Michigan’s Future

by FMF Team | January 25, 2024 | Media | 0 Comments

However, it will require billions of dollars in revenue to enact the Governor’s proposals LANSING – Fund MI Future Executive Director MoReno Taylor II said his coalition found a lot to like in Gov. Whitmer’s State of the State address this week – free preschool for...

Growing MI Together Council’s Recommendations to Create Growth and Prosperity Highlight the Need for More Revenue

by FMF Team | December 15, 2023 | Media | 0 Comments

We must face facts: three decades of cuts to public programs, services haven’t inspired growth or excellence LANSING – The Growing Michigan Together Council has released its recommendations for future growth and prosperity, and one thing is clear: to accomplish the...

Michigan Must Face Facts: To Create Thriving Communities, Lawmakers Should Prioritize Revenue Reform

by FMF Team | November 3, 2023 | Media | 0 Comments

Reversing population loss without more investment in schools, infrastructure, clean water, and other public goods will be nearly impossible LANSING – Back in 1978, the efforts of a small group of men, including longtime political consultant Patrick Anderson,...

Mi Residents Shouldn’t Be On the Hook to Clean Up Corporate Pollution With Their Tax Dollars

by FMF Team | October 27, 2023 | Media | 0 Comments

Fund MI Future coalition calls for immediate passage of new polluter pay legislation LANSING – Who should pay to clean up toxic messes when businesses pollute Michigan’s environment? That’s the question being addressed by bills introduced in the Michigan...

Senate Democrats’ SOAR Reform Legislation a Step in the Right Direction

by FMF Team | October 25, 2023 | Media | 0 Comments

LANSING – The following is Fund MI Future Executive Director MoReno Taylor II’s response to the SOAR reform bill package, which was the subject of testimony in a Michigan Senate committee hearing today: Democratic State Senators introduced a package of bills last week...

Growing MI Together Council’s Bold PK-12 Recommendations Will Be Impossible to Implement Without a Significant Funding Increase

by FMF Team | October 19, 2023 | Media | 0 Comments

LANSING – Last week, members of the Growing Michigan Together Council, which Gov. Whitmer has tasked with brainstorming policy solutions to boost the state's stagnant population, presented initial recommendations from its work groups. But if any of these ideas to...

Chamber groups align with manufacturing lobby to oppose economic policies that help working families

by FMF Team | October 6, 2023 | Media | 0 Comments

To achieve true growth, Michiganders need more stability and thriving communities LANSING – Advocates for a group of state Chambers of Commerce and lobbyists for manufacturers have announced the formation of an effort to thwart popular, much-needed reforms. Called...

Michiganders strongly support corporate accountability, higher taxes on the wealthy, and elimination of the dark stores loophole

by FMF Team | September 14, 2023 | Media | 0 Comments

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...

These 19 Fortune 100 Companies Paid Next to Nothing—or Nothing at All—in Taxes in 2021

Apr 26, 2022

Analysis shows that during a year of high corporate profits, many of the biggest corporations in America either paid minimal or no federal income taxes.

Labor Voices: Corporations should pay their fair share of taxes

Apr 21, 2022

As we wrap up tax season, workers are taking this opportunity to highlight how corporations have spent yet another year making enormous profits without paying their share of taxes. Throughout the pandemic, as frontline workers put our lives on the line to keep our...

New Report Reveals More Than 60% of Corporations in Several States Pay $0 in State Taxes

Apr 14, 2022

Public Demonstrations Against Corporate Tax Avoidance in 8 States Demand Corporations Pay What They Owe to Fund Community Needs.

Note To Governors: Cutting Taxes Will Make Inflation Worse, Not Better

Mar 15, 2022

Even as Republican governors blast President Biden and congressional Democrats for both causing inflation and failing to address it, they are promoting their own tax cuts that likely will add to consumer demand and raise prices.

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