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    Who are the NERD fund donors Mr Snyder?

    Raise the curtain.

    Tax Michigan Doctors--they are rich and don't behave.


    By Rougman, Section News
    Posted on Sun Oct 11, 2009 at 09:04:08 PM EST
    Tags: Taxation, Michigan, Doctors (all tags)

    A very simple truth in economics is that you get more of any behavior that you reward and you get less of any behavior that you punish. This does not mean that each and every subject of punishment or reward changes his behavior all at once or at all, but it does mean that as these rewards and punishments are slathered upon the masses, measurable changes in behavior take place.

    This is lost on many politicians who prefer to abide by their own rules that dismiss the impacts of human behavior on economic models. Believe it or not, we have a good number of politicians who operate in a vacuum completely oblivious to such notions.

    In light of the fact that both Oakland University and Central Michigan University are in the process of adding medical schools to their campuses ostensibly to address the expanding shortage of doctors in our state, do you think it is wise for our cash-hungry Michigan government to tax doctors an additional 3% of gross revenues on top of all the other taxes that they pay?

    Will raising taxes on doctors help Michigan in its shortage of doctors or will it hurt? Is this a wise way in which to address a doctor shortage? Is it a wise way to raise revenues?

    Will it be worth it to the newly trained doctors of Michigan to stay here? Should doctors set up shop in a state that treats their practices as if they are simply blessings of privilege and not because the doctors took the time, money, and effort to succeed in such a difficult field? On the flip side, will it be worth it to the taxpayers of Michigan to support new medical schools where the trained physicians who graduate may be compelled to set up their practices elsewhere?

    Is it any wonder that our state is crumbling under the direction of these bumbling idiots? (Okay, that last question was rhetorical.)

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    This is a terrible idea (none / 0) (#1)
    by steve on Sun Oct 11, 2009 at 10:13:01 PM EST
    The only way Michigan is going to get out of it's current condition is to GROW the economy, not increase taxes.

    Okay, Here is an idea. (none / 0) (#2)
    by LookingforReagan on Mon Oct 12, 2009 at 12:18:59 PM EST
    Since so many dead people vote for Democrats I propose that the dead be taxed. Make them pay income tax and property tax. Well they still do have the little plot of land they are well, not living in but occupying. If ACORN can register them to vote and in many cases they have been shown to have voted. Then as far as I can see they need to pay for the privledge of voting the same as people who are recognized as living by paying taxes to support the government.
    I guess this makes about as much sense as anything that our breathless Governor can come up with.

    When Granholm made appearance on FOX (none / 0) (#3)
    by maidintheus on Tue Oct 13, 2009 at 07:11:15 AM EST
    why were the Republicans not prepared to address this?

    This stuff wasn't even brought up.

    She, as the Dear Leader of MI for almost two whole terms, should be easy to put on the defensive. Instead, they looked like a bunch of little boys.

    Not good enough! Not even close!

    They can continue to look silly as if scared to address things that are unpopular, and lose. They still don't see that they might as well address the facts, at least they've made inroads, even if they lose.

    For decades we see the compromises of getting many things they want but allowing 'this one thing'. Now we can see the accumulation of all these compromises and the education systems turn out socialist replacements.

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