Here's a Novel Idea: Let's Raise Taxes!

[crawford]

Under Engler, the state income tax went from 4.5 percent down to 4.0 percent [[the sales tax did go from four to six cents on the dollar). Just recently, under Granholm, the state income tax was increased to 4.3 percent. So, there's definitely been a raise in income tax since she's been in office.

What I don't understand is why we have a flat income tax. It's really horribly anti-working class.

Why should someone making $20,000 pay the same proportion of their income on taxes as someone making $1,000,000? Terribly regressive.

And when you add in the fact that poor communities like Detroit and Pontiac have city income taxes, many poor folks actually pay a higher proportion of their incomes on taxes than those in places like Bloomfield Hills.

The McDonalds worker is paying a higher proportion than the auto executive. This obviously needs to change.