Tax on Water Bottlers

[ABetterDetroit]

All this talk about tax, but no talk about why?

Seems like greed is the reason for taxing water. We deserve the money. As we watch all the federal money flow elsewhere, I understand.

The only other motivation for taxation is because the supply of water is limited, or there's a damage that degrades our state.

So I'm curious. Is the supply limited? Or could 300 more companies start pumping?

Or are we just interested in erecting what are in effect tariffs on our Michigan goods?

Goverment needs to be funded, acknowledging that simple fact is not "greed". Pretending that funds don't need to be raised through taxes is a ridiculous waste of time.

The "no new tax" mentality does nothing but leave the archaic ones we currently have increased to a point that they do exactly what you are referring to and make Michigan extremely uncompetitive with many other states.

Spread the tax pain far, wide and thin instead of fighting some stupid ideology battle endlessly and constantly rigging the deck with winners and losers why other states continue to eat right off our plate.