Gasoline taxes per gallon-

Michigan $.598
Minnesota $.47

Michigan's largest employers
http://www.crainsdetroit.com/assets/PDF/CD9296226.PDF
MN's largest employers
http://tcbmag.com/Lists-and-Research...l&djoPid=18824

Michigan is spending money to bail out Detroit while MN just opened up a new light rail line between the Twin Cities. Raising taxes is one part of the equation. What those taxes buy is another.