Dems’ budget plan puts lots on table

Also on the table, and playing a more prominent role Thursday, were expensive new programs, including $100 million for investments in Michigan’s downtowns and a $38-million proposal that would provide iPods or MP3 players for all Michigan students to use as learning tools.

What?!

We’ve got a budget deficit hovering above 600 million on the horizon and they want to buy fucking iPods for students?

It’s no wonder that the “tax and spend” label sticks to Democrats when they’re proposing shit like this:

State Rep. Steve Tobocman, D-Detroit, said many other tax proposals are on the table, including a 6% tax on some services and an increase in the income tax, which now is at 3.9%.

“I don’t think we’d rule anything out,” he said.

The Democrats in the legislature don’t want to rule out any tax increases? Shocking!

Right now I’m thinking that the idiots in the legislature need to take some notes from Gov. Granholm, whom I did not vote for, but feel pretty confident having her in office right now. Already she’s nixed $300 million and change from the budget reducing the deficit from 900 million to 600 million.

Kudos.

To fix up the final deficit she’s proposed a 2% service tax which she expects will give the state around 1.2 billion in revenue. Why the Democrats in the legislature want a 6% tax is beyond me, but then again, these are the idiots that want to buy iPods for kids.

My only beef with Granholm’s 2% tax plan is that she expects it to net twice the amount required to fix the deficit, which makes me wonder why the tax isn’t 1% instead of 2%.

However, it’s a damned bit more reasonable than a 6% service tax, possible raise on income tax, and a 4% tax on soda pop. Yes, there’s a 4% tax on pop mentioned in the article.

Michigan is quickly becoming the laughing stock of the nation.

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