Michigan lottery, gambling and cigs taxes plummet, Gov. Granholm says decline is "breathtaking".

mlive.com ^ | March 11. 2009 | Peter Luke

[Darren McCarty]

Are Michigan voters the dumbest in the USA yet?

My county is among the dumbest of them all. 70% Obama, 29% McCain. Thank you Ann Arbor and Ypsi.

[Darren McCarty]

Or Heroin or Meth if you’re in some of the rural areas. It’s bad everywhere.

[jellybean]

Buy Nothing Until This Guy's Gone

My refrigerator pooped out the other day. Thankfully I keep very little food on hand that requires refrigeration. My brother gave me a little dorm room sized fridge that is sufficient for now.

I haven't decided whether I'm going to fix the one I have, buy a used one or just try to get along with the little one.

[MrB]

You could buy (or get free) used off of craigslist.

[grellis]

If you would like to be added or dropped from the Michigan ping list, please freepmail me.

[MaxMax]

Yea, Tax increases! That’ll teach those damn Tax payers who didn’t spend.

[absolootezer0]

if they were smart, they offer immunity to arsonists next devil’s night.

[MaxMax]

Wait a second. I thought that stimulus money could not be used as an operating expense.

Only in blue states under the current socialist regime.

[RckyRaCoCo]

if they were smart, they offer immunity to arsonists next devil’s night

LOL! Now that's what I call creative thinking. Obama should hold an urban arson summit.

[softwarecreator]

Uhhh .... excuse me. Michigan is not ... ah, never mind. I'm tired of defending this state. We voted in Granholm (again) so we must not be that bright. If it wasn't for the fact we'd lose mega $$$ by selling our house I'd move to Texas in a minute.

Sorry for the interruption, carry on.

[absolootezer0]

or maybe they could invite various SWAT teams, special forces units, BATFEces, FBI, etc to come pratice in detroit. rent out a city block for a couple thousand a day and let them wreak as much havok as they wanted to.

double win :)

[marlon]

Hey some Socialist slug in NY just proposed a tax to go to strip clubs!

[nufsed]

I like the idea of voluntary taxes rather that confiscatory.

[nufsed]

.............and their work day usually ends by 3:00 p.m.

Which part of the twilight zone do you live in?

[Stentor]

They could start taxing sex. Every male will be mailed a STOKE O METER. .10 cents per stroke.

That'll just push people toward Tantric sex.

[paratrooper82]

Raise your own tobacco, smoke a pipe, stop rolling them. it is very easy to do. 45 day growing period. They raise it in Alaska too.

[arealconservativeforachange]

I have been rolling my own cigs. for over 4 years to beat the high taxes. Now Lansing and DC are imposing a horrendous tax on loose tobacco.

I’ve decided the only way I can hurt these socialist pukes is to quit. Once my tobacco stock is gone I’m done.

Let these f’ing idiots extort someone else!

[arealconservativeforachange]

It’s sh!thole.

Once my child is out of High School in about 7 years I’m outta here.

I’ll be giving the finger as I cross the nearest border and I will never be back unless my kid decides to live here (He’s smarter than that).

[nascarnation]

maybe they could invite various SWAT teams, special forces units, BATFEces, FBI, etc to come pratice in detroit

are you kidding? waaaay too dangerous...Afghanistan would be safer

[SunkenCiv]

"Gosh, I never saw that coming!" dep't.