Quote Originally Posted by Cincinnati_Kid View Post
This is why Michigan residents are screwed. Everything around this freakin state has some kind of tax attached to it. The politicians don't give a _hit whether we vote yes or no. We're gonna get burned either way.
The problem with taxes isn't so much the aggregate amount or aggregate percentage [[because for some the rate isn't really high. Insert Mitt comment here about his Federal taxes for say 2011, 2012, etc.).

The federal income tax for someone making millions per year and paying say 10 - 12% isn't high. It's actually pretty damn low.

But it is the effect of sales taxes, gasoline taxes, real estate taxes, hotel taxes, taxes on cell phone service, etc. etc. etc. make the bite seem worse than it is.