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Lyons: Families Deserve Better Than $1.2 Billion Sales Tax Hike

By JGillman, Section News
Posted on Fri Aug 16, 2013 at 09:21:18 AM EST
Tags: Michigan, Roads, Prevailing Wage, Rick Snyder, Tax Hiker, State Senate (all tags)

Representative Pledges to Lead Charge in House to Ensure Tax Hike Scheme is Dead on Arrival

LANSING--State Representative Lisa Posthumus Lyons, R-Alto issued the following statement today in response to reports that legislative leaders are considering a proposal to take repealing Michigan's prevailing wage law off the table for consideration as well as to raise the state's sales tax to fund road repairs:

"Our roads and infrastructure are in bad need of repair, but simply raising taxes on hardworking families while preventing policies that make Michigan competitive and create jobs is not the answer.
"Michigan's hardworking taxpayers deserve better. Our road funding problem is an opportunity to look at comprehensive tax restructuring, not just taking the status quo and asking for more.
"I am asking the Governor and legislative quadrant to take a different approach to this issue. I am willing to seek solutions, but this proposal misses the mark, and I will lead the charge to ensure it does not get the 2/3 votes in the House to put it on the ballot."

Media outlets across the state today reported that some lawmakers had begun discussions on a plan that would halt talks of repealing the state's prevailing wage law and increase road funding by over a billion dollars by asking voters in 2014 to raise the state's sales tax to 7%. The plan would require approval by two-thirds of lawmakers in both the state House and Senate before it could be foisted on taxpayers.

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Lyons: Families Deserve Better Than $1.2 Billion Sales Tax Hike | 2 comments (2 topical, 0 hidden)

Am curious... (none / 0) (#1)
by Corinthian Scales on Fri Aug 16, 2013 at 10:20:32 AM EST

Shouldn't the House Speaker be leading the alleged charge? Speaker's words.

Buyer's remorse on that vote yet, Lisa?

Hey, it was Richardville who sided with his union cronies who Modus OperRandy has been in cahoots with for years <cough>SEIU</cough> with the Senate protecting Prevailing Wage.

And, don't even get me started on this dimwitted Richardville enabler. P!sses me right-the-f#@%-off with the fight she helped to create.

I'll believe it when I see it. (none / 0) (#2)
by KG One on Sun Aug 18, 2013 at 10:14:46 AM EST

"Republicans" raising taxes is nothing new to me.

Especially the steps that they will take (i.e arm-twisting/threats) to ensure those tax hikes happen.

The democrats are still p.o.'d and might not go along regardless of what bones they are thrown.

Good thing that majority advantage actually means something.

As for getting it past the voters?

That's another long-shot right there.

Granted that a number of tax hikes made it through the August ballot, with more are on-tap for November.

But locally, the vibe that I'm getting is that people have had enough.

That "republican" tax hike just might be what cleans out the House, Senate, and Governor in '14.

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