Quote Originally Posted by Huggybear View Post
How is it taxation without representation? Detroit's power to impose income taxes is a function of state law [[Act 284 of 1964), not some claimed inherent authority of the city [[which is just a political subdivision of the state anyway). If non-resident Detroit workers living in Michigan are upset about non-resident taxes or want to condition collecting them on giving them a vote, they can petition their own elected state legislators to amend the state tax statute accordingly.
This I can agree with. The people can lobby to change the tax codes and have Act 284 repealed to remove local income taxes. To think that Detroit alone is going to remove the tax is a pipedream. It would be nice if Detroit didn't charge a tax but you have other cities that do the same thing, collect a local tax.