Posted on 10/05/2007 7:45:43 PM PDT by Westlander
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007710070598
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Granholm said those who clamor for lower taxes aim at the wrong target. She said there is a deeper issue of shared sacrifice.
“It’s not just about me, me, me. It’s about investing in Michigan,” she said. “Where’s the notion of the common good? It’s been lost over decades because there’s been ... this idea that it’s your money, it’s your money.
“What happened to, ‘It’s your schools, and it’s your roads and it’s your parks, your libraries?’ “
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Or to make it more succinct:
“From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.” Karl Marx.
Last I heard was the Senate Minority leader wanted the service tax to go to the polls with the proviso that the sales tax gets jacked to 7%. And as far as I understand, the income tax jack is a non-negotiable issue for those ingrates who are actually working.
“... to fight for what is left of this state.”
It’s a nice sentiment to stay and fight, but when your customers (businesses) leave, reality dictates other options. Welfare bums, state bureaucrats, crooked politicians, retirees and people scamming the system for SS disability and workmen’s comp do not buy my service.
Good luck. Don’t be the last one left to turn out the lights.
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